Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I strongly support H.R. 437. Developing and maintaining medical preparedness is an important part of national preparedness. State and local governments should not have to…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 690. I would like to thank the gentleman from New York, Congressman Donovan, for his help and support and his bipartisanship. Mr. Speaker, H.R…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 655. For over a decade, the Securing the Cities program has provided a growing number of first responders from New York City and Newark, New…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 437. Whether the result of a naturally occurring outbreak, like Zika or Ebola, or an intentional release of bio-pathogens, like anthrax attacks…

I think we have seen in Indiana that the Indiana plan has actually worked.

I have always--since you started I have admired the work you have done and the commitment you have made.

How do we know which facilities are bad apples----

I appreciate the good work you and many of the physicians have done.

My concern is that we hide problems by speaking of a mean.

Are there physicians, or prescribers, who have been outliers on the upside--they are not oncologists, they are not pain doctors, so we do not think they have a reason to be prescribing a lot----

Now in the past year---- How many physicians have been de-credentialed for overprescribing opioids?

By the way, I will echo what Senator Collins said about the un-affordability of the Affordable Care Act.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session on January 31, 2017, at 2:30 p.m. in room SH-219 of the Senate Hart Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Mr. President, the big debate right now, as we all know in our country, is this: How do we repeal and replace ObamaCare? It is pretty clear that the American people want something done. They voted, ever since the bill was passed, for those…

I thank Congressman Veasey for the work that he does in representing Fort Worth, Texas. Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege and an honor to be the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus in that we represent almost 80 million Americans, 17…

Mr. Speaker, I want to commend the sponsor and the cosponsors of this bill, Congressman DeFazio, Congressman Kilmer, Congressman Huffman, and many others that are supporting this legislation. This is important in that it promotes regional…

Madam Speaker, the rhetoric coming from my colleagues across the aisle and the liberal media regarding President Trump's executive order to strengthen American's immigration policy is harmful to our country and is placing law enforcement…

President Trump has said in various ways that he does not want people to lose coverage.