Mr. Speaker, due to a delayed flight I was unable to return to D.C. in time for the first round of voting. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 441 (H. Res. 502). Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, today I missed rollcall…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of Representative Fitzpatrick's amendment, which would restore necessary funds to the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General, to ensure that DHS is being run in the most…

Mr. Chair, I appreciate the gentleman's comments and all the ideas of others with regard to this out of control agency and I share his passion for bringing the CFPB under Appropriations oversight as soon as possible. This is one idea of…

the individual mandate really does not do anything. It is actually Governors. If a Governor gets engaged, my gosh, things happen, but the individual mandate? Minimal effect.

In the Cassidy-Collins plan, in the Graham-Cassidy-Heller plan, we want to give States flexible block grants allowing States to do what they wish to do.

Good morning to all of you, and welcome to today's hearing on the challenges Social Security faces when deciding if a person should receive disability benefits.

Social Security has a lot of work to do, and people are waiting too long to get a hearing, and that is simply unacceptable.

I appreciate your questions, and I totally agree with what the Ranking Member said.

Now, that is a lot of hearings, but the disability insurance program is too important for Social Security not to get it right.

I haven't seen much improvement. It wasn't that long ago that Social Security was facing a different disability backlog.

It is unconscionable that this goes on, and we have to solve this problem on behalf of the citizens we are sworn to serve.

I do think there's internal contradictions within the Affordable Care Act that makes it hard to sustain long term.

I think it's better to say was a listening session with governors.

So simple answer is no, but let's just say that he's speaking specifically of the individual market which is only four percent of those who are insured.

I want -- I think we need a fresh perspective, there needs to be fresh momentum.

Legislation put forward by subcommittee Member Clay Higgins, H.R. 2131--the DHS FIRM Act, would require DHS components, including FEMA, to utilize a table of offenses and penalties to improve consistency with discipline across DHS.

Intelligent response. I represent a south Louisiana district. In August of last year our citizens suffered what was referred to as epic flooding, 1,000-year flooding with 56 inches of rain in just a couple of days.

Mr. President, we are struggling right now to find a replacement for the Affordable Care Act. The American people have voted in four successive elections for such a replacement, culminating in the election of Donald Trump to be President…