Let me just quickly put the quote that--the great quote that I made in context.

They are complying with a Federal consent decree, and now it will cause the City of New Orleans to lose valuable Federal money in terms of DHS and FEMA funds.

If the Republican leadership had given comprehensive immigration reform the same opportunity for a vote that all of these other measures have received, it would be the law today.

With all due respect, I say to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle: let's let local law enforcement and the elected officials in city government do their job, and we should focus on ours.

it is very convenient for a White male from Virginia to talk about collusion in a consent decree.

that has absolutely nothing to do with New Orleans.

And Ms. Gupta, at what point is it your office's opinion that they did not comply with Federal law?

This has to be resolved, because if America is going to lead in trade, we have to have enforcement of our laws.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 2754, which would name the U.S. Federal Court House in Shreveport, Louisiana after Tom Stagg. Judge Stagg's legacy is one which speaks volumes of his exemplar character and distinguished career as a…

Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership in bringing this bill to the floor. Mr. Chairman, back in June of 2015, President Obama said: ``It is United States policy to deny hostage-takers the benefits…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, and its executive director, Jill Jedlicka, winner of the Thiess International Riverprize awarded by the International River Foundation. As Buffalo's industrial economy…

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Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 544, I was in discussions on Louisiana flood relief funding. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''

Mr. President, I rise again today to bring attention to the devastating floods in my State of Louisiana, which are now being called the Great Flood of 2016. In a matter of a few days, 7.1 million gallons of rain fell on Louisiana--more…

Mr. President, I rise to honor two of my longest serving staff members who have been tremendous team leaders in our office: David Doss, my State director, and Nicole Hebert, my deputy State director. They are both, sadly, departing the…

I often think of government regulations as being a hurdle put in there by incumbent industry to prevent upstarts like you from gaining traction.

Right now, it is the fourth worst natural disaster in the history of the United States, moving on way up to the third.

Yet the Administration is effectively doing nothing but throwing up roadblocks in our efforts to actually restore wetlands.