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The racism and deadly violence in Charlottesville is unacceptable. But there is a better way to remove these monuments.

So the President would maintain the power to remove the special counsel. We would just want to make sure that it had merit and had that back in the judicial process. And if there is a termination, we just want to make sure through judicial…

Dr. Robert Kadlec is well-prepared for and well-suited to fulfill every aspect of this role.

We cannot wait until a threat is upon us to respond.

The role of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response was designed to answer the simple and critical question: Who is in charge?

As the designee of the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Francis Rooney), I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the division D (before…

If you really do want to help the little guy, you better stop passing the regulatory costs down to them by adding a regulatory burden.

I laud you on one of your priorities and when you say the other central component to our agenda for growth is a package--is a passage of comprehensive tax reform.

Do you think they are getting it wrong?

Do you think that they took bad advice from someone ... that a Member of Congress said that they shouldn't come before the Oversight Committee?

Free speech is the bedrock of who we are. It is truly what we must fight for

If men--or women he might add today--are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences that can invite the consideration of mankind, reason is of no use to us. The…

Free speech is fundamental to a free society. It is astonishing to me that so many young adults today are willing to throw those constitutionally protected rights out the window just because they are on a college campus and may disagree…

As the United States continues to monitor the JCPOA and Iran's behavior, it is important that Congress continue to refrain from actions that would violate the deal, threaten the deal, or impose careless sanctions that--under the guise of…

I think it ought to be the men and women who get elected.

Without additional pressure on the Iranian regime and without a significant step up in the efforts of both the White House and the State Department, Iran will undoubtedly not only continue detaining those held today, but will take even…

But we need to see additional pressure and additional sanctions specifically against the Iranian individuals and entities responsible for detaining those family members, for taking hostages as a matter of policy, and for committing…

Iran's taking of hostages in exchange for political or financial concessions is by any definition morally and ethically abhorrent and completely outside the scope of international legal norms.