The United States has the strongest aviation safety record in the world.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling today's hearing.

We are trying to live up to that promise.

America is the only Nation in the world that is founded upon a creed.

Mr. Speaker, I know the majority leader received this letter, as has the Speaker, from the Secretary of HHS and the Secretary of Homeland Security earlier this week, saying: ``We cannot stress enough the urgency of immediate passage of…

Mr. Speaker, I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for next week. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the House majority leader.

Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman from Alabama for yielding. I want to thank him for bringing this amendment up. Mr. Chairman, it is really important to make sure we understand what we are talking about here. The Paris accord was…

Mr. Speaker, I will be happy to give the gentleman a review of the restaurant. I am sure it will be really good. I wish the gentleman well, and I wish all fathers a happy Father's Day this weekend. I look forward to seeing the gentleman…

Mr. Speaker, I would reiterate the urgency of acting next week, not trying to act next week. {time} 1400 I don't have an opportunity to do this often, so I will quote The New York Times again because it is not something I am normally used…

Mr. Speaker, I know we have been starting and going through the appropriations process. I would like to ask the majority leader about the conversation we have been having for weeks and weeks, going back to May 1, when the President…

Mr. Speaker, hopefully, we can continue that work through the weekend and get that done next week. I know there is other work the House is getting ready to take up on the appropriations bills. On one final note, as we approach Father's Day…

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, I know when we talk about the broader immigration problem, President Trump has been very clear that he wants to work with Congress to solve the problem, the bigger problem, not just a wall, but full border…

Madam Chair, first, let me start off by including in the Record a Harvard Public Health journal article, ``America Is Failing Its Black Mothers.'' America Is Failing Its Black Mothers For decades, Harvard Chan alumni have shed light on…

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 46, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $7,000,000)''. Page 46, line…

Madam Speaker, if there are no other speakers, I am prepared to close. Madam Speaker, let me just say, simply put, for Black women far more than for White women, giving birth can amount to a death sentence. When Black women express concern…

Madam Chair, I rise today with an amendment to increase funding for the State Maternal Health Innovation Program by $7 million. This program is specifically tasked with reducing care gaps, maternal mortality, and disparities in maternal…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I ask unanimous consent to call up H.R. 3056, an emergency supplemental to provide critically needed funding for the humanitarian crisis and catastrophe now at our border, and I ask for its…

Can you talk a little bit just about cost competitiveness and what that looks like in terms of taxpayer investment quickly, please?