Thank you, Mr. Stutzman, for your eloquent remarks as well as those of Chairman Franks', who is compassionate and courageous like you and like our next speaker, who is also eloquent in the defense of the most defenseless. I would like to…

I want to thank my good friend and very distinguished colleague, Dr. Andy Harris, for his very eloquent and very incisive remarks and for his leadership on behalf of human rights in general, including here in the United States. We've been…

There are Kermit Gosnells all over American today inflicting not only violence, cruelty, and death on very young children but excruciating pain as well. Many Americans, including some who self-identify as pro-choice, were shocked and…

I stand to urge my colleagues to support this amendment to provide $5 million in additional funding for Firefighter Assistance Grants. This funding would be equally divided between the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) and Staffing…

Frank Lautenberg will be missed. As you could hear from my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, it is a great loss for the State of New Jersey. We will have a Special Order next Tuesday to speak even more to his legacy. With that, I…

As the House considers H.R. 1919, the Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 2013, I would like to voice my specific concerns with one provision within the legislation. While the underlying bill seeks to address the issue of…

I offer a privileged resolution, and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 242 Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg, a…

And Members of the House, it is my sad duty to inform you that Senator Frank Lautenberg has passed away. He died from complications from viral pneumonia this morning at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Frank Lautenberg was 89 years old. I…

I want to thank my colleagues for being here today and for expressing the sentiment towards a friend. I knew Frank Lautenberg for a long time. I was a mayor when I first met him. He never changed. He was a fighter. He was a real product of…

Frank Lautenberg was my friend for 45 years. We drank the same water in Paterson, New Jersey. He was a person of very small means when you looked at his mom and dad. They worked in the factories in Paterson, New Jersey, as so many other…

I want to thank my colleague. It's really with a great deal of sadness that we come to the well this evening to announce--or to comment, if you will--on Senator Lautenberg's passing. I really can't imagine the Congress without him. I…

Drug distribution security is critical to public health and safety, and I strongly support taking steps to ensure that the final pharmaceutical products patients receive are safe and effective. Although the bill before us today, H.R. 1919…

Mr. President, today I come to the floor shaken and deeply saddened, as we all are, by the loss of our colleague, my good friend and ally, the senior Senator from New Jersey, Senator Frank Lautenberg. When I think of Senator Lautenberg, I…

I recognize myself for such time as I may consume. Let me start off by thanking and congratulating my colleague Senator Graham for joining with me, for engaging me on this critical question. He knows my concerns about Iran's march toward…

Mr. President, is there a division of time? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority controls 20 minutes.

Mr. President, before I begin, let me offer my thoughts and prayers for the people of Oklahoma, who are in the middle of a devastating disaster. We in New Jersey know what that kind of devastation can mean, and our hearts go out to the…

Mr. President, let me thank the distinguished Senator from California for her courtesy in allowing me to move forward first. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that there be a period of morning business until 7 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…