The Rules Committee met last night and reported a rule, House Resolution 519, providing for consideration of H.R. 3877, which is the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, under a closed rule. The rule provides 1 hour of debate equally divided and…

I would just say to my friend, Mr. Kustoff, he and I served together on Financial Services, and there is agreement here. In fact, this resolution that he described as a great stepping stone, we just took and passed the resolution 2 days…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

But since 2001, we have cut taxes by $5 trillion. We borrowed all of that money from our children, and almost all of the benefit went to the wealthiest people in America. We spent $5.6 trillion on wars in the Middle East. We didn't pay for…

The GI Bill needs to be applicable to anything that gets a veteran starting a business.

And I hope you continue to stick with it.

What more we can do to help integrate the efforts of the V.A.

I appreciate you continuing that tradition.

in the work I have done in the veterans space after leaving the service, before becoming a Member of Congress, you know, we found that working in greenhouses, working in agriculture, working outdoors actually has a tremendous benefit in…

I suspect you have seen the letter from the OIG. In that same letter, I requested that the OIG investigate the retaliation that you outlined in your testimony.

I think that you have a very good bill.

The zero tolerance policy is still, quote 'an active memo.'

I suspect in many other cases.

I am dumbfounded of how you could not answer that question with a simple no.

I think your story underscores why Representative Tonko's legislation is so critically important.

Courts, my understanding, put a stop to that policy last year, through a preliminary injunction.

I am committed to ensuring more transparency in the foods that we eat and the foods that my boys eat.

Perhaps folks that are here at this side of the dais should stick to policy making and we should let the scientists stick to science.