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I thank the distinguished chair of the Budget Committee for giving me some time to talk today. She is a distinguished person, a colleague, a classmate, and somebody I have the utmost respect for. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the…
This bill will focus attention where attention is needed to benefit investors, our capital markets, and the economy the most. H.R. 78, along with the HALOS Act that we passed in the House on Tuesday, will help ensure that the SEC…
Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding me the time. Today I rise in support of H.R. 78, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. One can cut the hyperbole on the other side of the aisle with a knife today because we…
I thank the chairman for yielding and for his leadership to set aside for us to visit with the American people and talk about empowering patients, not politicians. For 6 years, we have witnessed the failed rollout of the ObamaCare program…
I am very glad that the President-elect has selected you to be our Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
I think it is an appalling failure of our Government and our society that we have veterans who are willing to risk their lives for our country, and they currently live in worse conditions than they did in the deserts of Iraq or the…
Mr. President, my home State of Arkansas lost one of its great statesmen last week with the passing of former State Senator Stanley Russ. Stanley was a man of the soil. Born in Conway, he grew up on a dairy farm just outside the city. He…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to our Nation's law enforcement men and women. I respect and appreciate the important work of our police throughout the Nation who are charged with the critical work of protecting the people in our…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay respects to an admired, respected, and visionary educator, and a genuinely terrific person, Dr. Billy Bert Baker, of Gilbert, Arkansas, who passed away on Friday, January 6, at the age of 84. My…
I want to add my voice of gratitude to the many Members of this Committee who have expressed our gratitude for the men and women of our intelligence community.
Mr. President, today I wish to pay tribute to former Arkansas State Senator Stanley Russ of Conway, AR. Stanley Russ was born in Conway in 1930. He graduated from Conway High School in 1948 and went on to attend Arkansas Tech University…
Amendment XX, section 1: ``The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms…
Section 10: ``No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of…
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise in strong support of this resolution. We need to close ranks in the House of Representatives. We need to, as colleagues, support what for decades has been the cornerstone…
Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Little Rock Central High School's flag line and marching band for participating in the events marking the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Known as the Stereophonic Storm of the…
Donald Trump has proposed to increase our defense budget to accelerate nuclear modernization and to accelerate ballistic missile defenses and to expand and accelerate oil and gas production which would obviously harm Russia's economy.
I want to express my admiration and deepest respect and gratitude for what they do.