Madam President, very briefly, I appreciate working on both sides to be able to have what is a distinguished set of career ambassadors go to their posts and represent our country abroad, and I hope we can continue on this march as we move…

I want to thank the distinguished chairman for yielding and for his leadership in helping to bring this legislation to the floor, and especially Chairman Chabot for his Girls Count Act of 2013. I am happy and thankful to be an original…

Leader Pelosi, Congressman Pallone, and certainly Congressman LoBiondo and my colleagues from New Jersey. The young man who is standing next to me is my grandson, Donald III, who did an excellent job; and a special person in my life who…

I would like to address another issue before the House today. Madam Speaker, 5 years ago, about 5 feet from where I am standing right now, President Obama told lawmakers and the American public in a specially called joint session of…

Last week Congressman Trent Franks and I had an important meeting with Reis Emeritus Dr. Mustafa Ceric, the former Grand Mufti of the Islamic community of Bosnia- Herzegovina. Dr. Ceric is internationally recognized and renowned as a man…

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce with Senate colleagues the Innovation in Surface Transportation Act, which will spur economic development and include more local stakeholders in transportation projects. I am proud to join with…

Mr. President, for the Committee on Foreign Relations I report favorably the following nomination list which was printed in the Record on the date indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive…

Mr. President, I come first to support the distinguished chair of the Appropriations Committee in her endeavor to pass a continuing resolution. I, specifically, want to speak to support the President's request for authorization to stand up…

Mr. President, next week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to the United States for the first time since his historic election victory. The U.S. and India are natural partners with shared values and common interests, yet we…

We know Ukraine is not a part of NATO, at least not yet. Do we have a specific treaty with Ukraine? No, we don't, but they are our allies. That much means something. The United States of America stands with the people of Ukraine today, and…

Not too long ago--several years ago-- several of us walked into this very, very historic room. The President of Ukraine at that time was President Yushchenko. A lot has happened since that ``Orange Revolution.'' A lot has happened to…

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the Startup Opportunity Accelerator Act or SOAR Act, which provides funding for accelerator programs and organizations that support small business startups. The importance of small businesses to the…

There is no more eloquent a person when it comes to good government than Senator Coburn, but I do not modify my request. I object. I ask unanimous consent that the previous request I made be agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there…

Mr. President, with a great deal of respect and deference to my good friend and an extraordinary Senator from Arkansas, I actually do object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. Unanimous Consent Requests--H.R. 1033 and H.R. 503

What I would like to do, because I fully support what an extraordinary and very important piece of legislation this is, honoring those who served and fought and fell in Desert Storm--what I object to is the decoupling of the two bills…

If our coalition partners don't step up to the plate, I don't see how we could be successful in destroying ISIL and why we should continue. The lesson we learned from the war in Iraq is that American military might alone is not enough to…

I want to state for the record that today, September 15, 2014, I was unavoidably detained in my district and missed the one rollcall vote of the day. Had I been present I would have voted: ``aye''--Rollcall vote 497--H.R. 5108--To…

I will be happy to do so a little later. At the end of the day, the Senator from Texas argues that this measure is necessary to deal with the humanitarian crisis at the border. I will say that has gone dramatically in a downward slope. He…