Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my energy policy fellow, Shuchi Talati, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. Speaker, obtaining accessible and reliable forms of capital is one of the biggest challenges that small businesses and entrepreneurs face today. I will say that again. We are not talking about large corporations. We are talking about…

Thank you, Mr. President. Like the Senator from Illinois, I rise to voice my opposition to the nomination of Bill Wehrum to serve as the Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation at the Environmental Protection Agency. The Office of…

Mr. President, I rise today to talk about the importance of bipartisan action on healthcare, as the Senator from New Hampshire just did. Over the past year, I have traveled all around Minnesota to talk with individuals and families and…

Mr. President, I rise today to call for bipartisan action on healthcare. I think it was interesting to learn that the citizens of Virginia who voted yesterday listed as their top issue healthcare. There was obviously an issue there where…

I've been working a lot, of course, on the election issue, since I'm the Ranking on Rules, and we've been really concerned.

We have to get backup paper ballots.

I also note that a justice from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania also testified on that day as the Republicans' witness. Even though he did not agree with everything in the bill, he also said: I absolutely agree that we should have…

Mr. President, I come to the floor today to call attention to the tragedies that have been caused by gun violence across our country, including the most recent attack, which left at least 26 dead after a lone gunman opened fire at a church…

Thank you for being here.

Senator Graham and I have a bill to upgrade our election equipment when we had attempts to hack 21 state elections equipment.

I think that really aggressive pursuit of the hacking is important.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an outstanding constituent from my district, Andy Thiele of Monticello. Andy recently competed in the 2017 International Foodservice Distributors Association Truck Driving Championship in Orlando…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize five outstanding constituents in my district for an act of heroism that saved a fellow Minnesotan. Police officer Curt Grosz, firefighters Adam Imholte and Dennis Ertl, and high school students…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate an outstanding educator in my district. Ayan Omar of St. Cloud recently was honored as one of seven recipients of the Outstanding Refugee award from the Minnesota Department of Human Services. This…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the incredible members of the Elk River Chamber of Commerce. Communities in my district like Elk River are successful because the members support and encourage one another. Recently, the Elk River Chamber…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. O'Rourke), the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, but, more importantly, probably the most effective voice in this Congress on veterans' mental health…

The Army has focused on building Career Skills Programs (CSP) for transitioning service members.