Well, you are studying things like how much time they spend on video games and all that, but you can go to a lot of other countries where they spend just as much time but have only a tiny fraction of the shootings that we do.

I want to speak about a subject that other Senators should be aware of. Many Members of Congress have visited the Philippines, a country with which we share a long history of strategic, economic, cultural, and other interests. We also know…

many of us here are familiar with the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, known as CICIG. The U.S. Congress and Republican and Democratic administrations have supported it for years, and with few exceptions, it is…

Are you concerned that by pulling $1 billion in after-school funding the Department of Education would be complicating recovery for many families who depend on safe and educational care for their children in order to hold down a job or…

I want to take a moment to pay tribute to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, who some here also know from his service as Jordan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and as Jordan's…

Will your commission look at the role of fire arms as it relates to gun violence in our schools?

So we will look at gun violence in schools but not look at guns. It is an interesting concept.

I regret that we are discussing a budget proposal that does not support all students seeking to learn in our education system.

Do you believe an 18-year-old high school student should be able to walk into a store and minutes later come out with an AR-15 style assault weapon and hundreds of rounds of ammunition?

right now, in a small town in West Virginia 90 miles outside of our Nation's capital, dedicated employees of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) are diligently searching through millions of firearms sales records…

as vice chairman of the Appropriations Committee, I want to associate myself with Chairman Shelby's remarks. Since the inception of the Choice Program in 2014, it has been riddled with delays, programmatic problems, and fiscal instability…

there are parts of the VA MISSION Act that I strongly support. The expansion of the Caregivers program to veterans of all generations will help support family members who have made enormous sacrifices for their loved ones wounded in war…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this is the most closed Congress in my lifetime. Eighty- four closed rules. That means we don't debate on the floor. That is also on top of the fact that we don't debate in committee. The…

We need a progressive tax system in this country which is based on ability to pay.

We must make certain that every family in America has at least 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave.

No one who works 40 hours a week should be living in poverty.

I am worried, Mr. Secretary--so I am going to have to leave to work on another one of the bills.

We are trying to get educated before we pass legislation, which isn't necessarily how we usually operate.