I want to start first with a conversation that you and I had before this committee a year ago related to education savings accounts for military families.
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Equality and freedom must coexist. H.R. 5 totally redefines one and delivers a serious blow to the other.
It's completely unacceptable that this bill totally guts the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.
The Earth is now changing faster than at any point in the history of our modern civilization, primarily as a result of human activities.
Substantial damages to the United States economy, environment, and human health and well-being over the coming decades.
To further stem the flow of illegal immigration and illegal drugs into the U.S., President Trump knows, as do all of you, that we must confront these problems at their source. We must meet them and we must solve them in Central and South…
Increasing the risk of social unrest, migration, and interstate tension in countries such as Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, and Jordan.
Likely to fuel competition for resources, economic distress, and social discontent through 2019 and beyond.

We commit to you and all of you that we will not give up the fight.
Everyone agreed the IPO is not living up to Congress' vision for a single point of accountability.
I was surprised and, frankly, disappointed that not only was he unable to appear this morning, but VA declined to send any witness in his place from OIT.
I was relieved to see the Chief Information Officer, Mr. Gfrerer, confirmed by the Senate on the very last day of the 115th Congress.
It is my privilege to be working with you on this Subcommittee this Congress.
I hope we can get there before the wheels fall off the bus and correct the problems before it gets to that point.
We are in a space race today, just as we were in the 1960s, and the stakes are even higher.
I feel like the gloom and doom that has been in conversation here... the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has been nothing but positive.
One employee at a company I was touring told me just recently that these aren't--the benefits that he has right now are not the crumbs as Speaker Pelosi told them and told the country.