He was speaking about, you know, the need for Republicans to uphold their promise and pass this bill.

Jeff Sessions was very unfair to him and should have told him at the outset he was going to recuse himself from the Russia investigation.

Madam Speaker, last night I was proud to present my legislative director, Gabriella Boffelli, with the Vermillion Award of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute, CHLI, named after the late Steve Vermillion, the former chief of…

Madam President, I want to discuss this nomination. I am here to add my voice to those of my colleagues who oppose the nomination of David Bernhardt to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior. There are a host of reasons--from his history of…

The letters--one from the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the other from General Goldfein, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force--state they are needing to put a major investment of telemetry into the eastern gulf range for all of…

When we have an opportunity to make the unanimous consent request to bring up the Russia sanctions bill so we can get tough on Russia, as the American people expect us to do, is that something that would require, when I ask for unanimous…

Mr. Chair, I thank my friend from Arizona for yielding me time. Mr. Chair, I rise to oppose this bill today for a number of reasons, but building a road through a congressionally designated wilderness area is without precedent. There are…

Mr. Chair, a point of parliamentary inquiry. The CHAIR. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

And one further point of parliamentary inquiry. The CHAIR. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

May the request that the Russia sanctions bill, H.R. 3203, that passed the Senate 98-2 be brought up for consideration when we are no longer meeting as the Committee of the Whole? The CHAIR. A request may be made at that time.

Mr. Speaker, as Secretary Kelly acknowledged before the Committee on Homeland Security last month, the threat of terrorism has metastasized around the country. Whether it is New York City, the largest municipality in the country, or some…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of this bill, and particularly the provision that creates a new competitive grant program designed to preserve core capability gains achieved with previous Urban Area Security Initiative, UASI, grant…

Mr. Speaker, next week we will see consideration of the repeal of ObamaCare without a replacement. This would be a life-and- death issue for most Americans. First, we would see skyrocketing uninsured rates: 18 million people would lose…

When I looked through the royalty rates for other resources, we have 12.5 percent for onshore oil and gas royalties, 18.75 percent for offshore oil...

Mr. Speaker, inaction from this House leaves us open to Russian cyber attacks against our democracy, and the numbers tell the story. Sixteen months since Russians attacked, this House stands mute. Eleven months since all four major U.S…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, when we had a hearing earlier in the year in the Energy and Commerce Committee, I assumed there was a major backlog of unreviewed applications that spurred my…

Mr. Chairman, I want to make it clear: I heard the comments of my colleague from Tennessee, and the Democrats do support natural gas pipelines, a very important part of our energy infrastructure. And, as a reminder, the Federal Energy…

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to H.R. 2910. The bill shortcuts the important review process for interstate natural gas pipeline projects, a process which already boasts one of the…