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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous material on the subject of my Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Representative Soto for his remarks. I would like to continue to share letters from the survivors of Pulse. The next letter that I will share comes from Brandon Wolf. ``It is hard to believe it has been a year. That…

Mr. Speaker, at this time, I would like to share a survivor's letter by the name of Joshua McGill. ``My name is Joshua McGill, and I was there the night of the Pulse shooting a year ago. ``Although nothing will ever take away that tragic…

Mr. Speaker, I would like to share this last survival letter for tonight. It is from Eric Borrero. It says: ``Dear Congress, ``It is to me how fast one year has gone by. The horrifying emotions and feeling of that night have not fleeted…

I want to thank my colleague from Florida (Mr. Soto) for that very beautiful and inspiring poem that really captures not only the tragedy that occurred in Orlando at the Pulse Nightclub that night, but the heroic acts, how our community…

Hopefully the Senate can get it done at some point.

The House passed health care bill was mean and mean spirited.

The President has made clear that he does not want to commit the United States to a set of actions, policies and measures that produce burdens specific to the United States that other countries do not face.

Madam President, I will not be addressing the matter before us because I have just come from Orlando, where so many are feeling such deep, deep sorrow today. It has been 1 year since the tragic attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. The…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize June as LGBT Pride Month, a time in which we celebrate the progress our country has made toward equality and honor the contributions of LGBT Americans to the diverse fabric that is our Nation. I would like…

Many of us on this subcommittee have been calling attention to Qatar's history of financing terror, including its support for Hamas.

I wish there was someone from the State Department here because I would ask them directly...

This hearing has become especially timely. In recent days, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Bahrain have taken serious diplomatic actions against the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nation of Qatar.

Qatar has long been a permissive terrorist financing environment, and if nothing else, this Saudi-led response will at least get the conversation started.

Iran is winning this competition. And it is not in the interest of the U.S. for Saudi Arabia to be destabilized.

Iran is probably the greatest threat to Saudi Arabia and is certainly one of the greatest threats to regional stability and U.S. national security interests.

We appreciate the opportunity to provide written testimony on the future of self-driving or automated vehicle technology.

Mr. Speaker, ``There will never be an end.'' That is how Emily Addison described the love and the loss she feels for her partner and the mother of her son, Deonka Drayton. Deonka was one of 49 victims killed at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando 1…