
Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Michigan for yielding. I rise in strong support of H.R. 5711. And I thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman), who serves on our committee, for his leadership on this measure and consistently…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Michigan for yielding. I rise in strong support of H.R. 5711. And I thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman), who serves on our committee, for his leadership on this measure and consistently…

Mr. Speaker, who says pitchers can't hit? I rise today to recognize Travis Wood of the World Champion Chicago Cubs, who became the first relief pitcher since 1924 to hit a home run. Born and raised in Little Rock, Travis attended Bryant…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Jack Shatford

Mr. President, in honor of the National Park Service's 100th birthday year, I would like to recognize the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, which covers nine States and thousands of miles of land and water routes. The Trail of Tears…

Mr. President, my Arkansan of the week is Jack Shatford, and the recognition is both honorary and, sadly, posthumous. Jack passed away last month during one of his many hunting trips to Arkansas. He loved our State and its people, and we…

The White House has already weighed in on this issue and that they're going to leave it for the voters of Alabama.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Forest Park Elementary School for over 100 years of success in central Arkansas. Built in 1913, Forest Park offers a variety of educational clubs and experiences that support life skills and encourage…

But I want you to take just one minute to think of where we are and what it means. This country began here. Right here. With people who pledged their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor, to form a more perfect ... In other words…

Yesterday, I never felt so bad for anybody in my life as I did for his wife going out giving a speech, saying, oh, cyber bullying was a terrible thing.

So Hillary says, fix the problem, don't repeal the solution. That's a terrible idea. More than 20 million people would lose their health insurance.

Yes, there's something wrong. But you don't want to choose somebody who is the living embodiment of what's wrong.

I have no confidence in my political field anymore. I've just been out of it a long time.

I think that they played the race card on me. This was used out of contest and twisted for political purposes by the Obama Campaign to try to breed resentment elsewhere.

I have never seen so much expanded on so little. The other party doesn't want to run against her. And if they do, they'd like her as mangled up as possible.

Look, the Affordable Healthcare Act did a world of good. And in the 50-something efforts to repeal it that the Republicans have staged were a terrible mistake. We, for the first time in our history, at least are providing insurance to more…

So, you were using good forest management to keep your forest healthy. But for your neighbor, a Federal forest that may not be managed as well, the insects, the disease, the fires, it does not recognize your boundaries.

We are loving the trees to death and not doing what we need to help them.

So, I hope that we can move forward here and put the decisionmaking where it belongs, and that is in the hands of the tribes and the local community.