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Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4727, the Department of Homeland Security Mentor-Protege Program Act of 2019. The Department of Homeland Security has an important mission to…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I support H.R. 4739 because of the valuable impact it will have on Customs and Border Protection officer safety. The opioid epidemic continues to wreak havoc on…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, U.S. Customs and Border Protection law enforcement officers are the first line of defense in preventing the illicit flow of drugs and contraband from entering our…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 3469, the Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act of 2019, sponsored by our late colleague, the greatly admired Elijah…

This has been a truly extraordinary and historically unprecedented hearing. It has, frankly, been an outrageous violation of due process.

Under Resolution 660, we're supposed to follow the Federal rules of evidence. Is that right?

What are the rules? What are the objections that we're able to make?

So that was after everything came out to light?

Mr. Chairman, I'd like to enter into the record evidence uncovered by the committee from the House Budget and Appropriations Committees that documents OMB placing a hold on the Ukrainian security assistance on July 25.

I want to talk about how the President did the same thing with almost 400 million taxpayer dollars to pressure Ukraine to do his personal bidding.

So the President was concerned about the two investigations, and note that was the predicate for releasing military aid to our ally?

I'd like then to--let's go back. There was also discussion earlier during the minority questioning that Mr. Sandy from OMB said that the reason for the security assistance hold was related to the President's concerns about burden sharing…

Now, my Republican colleagues have suggested that the Ukrainians did not even know about the military aid being withheld. Is that true?

Madam Speaker, we are beyond the process arguments because we are into the details now. The facts have been very clear that the President did not abuse power, that the President did not commit impeachable offenses. The Mueller report…

Madam Speaker, I would like to ask--I know there are a lot of good-faith negotiations that continue on the United States- Mexico-Canada trade agreement, USMCA. We have been having productive conversations, meetings, some potential changes…

Madam Speaker, I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come, and I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), my colleague and friend.

Madam Speaker, I share the gentleman's interest in getting this passed as soon as possible. Clearly, the job benefits to our country, over 160,000 new jobs will come, and better trading relationships with Mexico and Canada when we pass…