I've felt for a long time that it's been a very sad thing that we have sent so many young Americans to fight what I thought were very unnecessary wars.

There is a growing consensus on Capitol Hill that recognizes the need to promote a Federal paid leave policy.

I feel it is important to target a paid leave benefit to individuals who do not have access to these benefits, such as the two-thirds of low-income families that do not have paid leave.

As a conservative, I want to craft paid leave policy that can not only attract consensus, but is viable for families, employers, and the economy.

Helping families is an issue we can all agree on, and I hope that we can have a productive dialogue on how Congress can best help them.

And, as I begin, I want to thank the statements of Congressman Albio Sires.

socialism will work until you run out of spending other people's money.

The election of Ivan Duque gives the U.S. a reliable partner in combating cocaine production and a modified approach to the peace process.

And I would tell you, with the technology we have today, Ambassador, this should be determined.

I would respectfully request that this committee hold a hearing on this incident to understand how it happened and to hold the responsible parties accountable.

That's why Ranking Member Doyle and I sent a letter to the Commissioners yesterday urging them not to limit the ability of FCC staff to help resolve consumers' complaints.

We can and must do more to protect American's privacy and sensitive information.

The majority cannot claim that it values privacy when one of its signature achievements this Congress is the repeal of these meaningful rules.

We in Congress and on this committee need to take that to heart as we are addressing this pressing issue.

Facebook demonstrated all too well that after-the-fact-enforcement authority can't help us when the damage has already been done.

Digital privacy in our modern era has never been more important.

It was recently revealed that our nation's top wireless carrier shared real-time location data of hundreds of millions of Americans with third parties without consumers' consent.

I cannot blame the president of the United States -- and his tenor and his rhetoric no matter how ignorant it may be, no matter how tactless it may be for the incident that occurred in Annapolis.