Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Pennsylvania for yielding, but especially for taking the lead on this issue. Mr. Speaker, it has been decades since Congress has reformed our mental health laws. Unfortunately, we have seen so many…

Mr. Speaker, every day, 170 felons, 50 domestic abusers, and 20 fugitives are prevented from buying a gun after a background check raised a red flag. Unfortunately, loopholes allow buyers to circumvent background checks at gun shows and…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Restoring Access to Medication and Improving Health Savings Act, bipartisan legislation to fix yet another provision within ObamaCare that defies all common sense. I have to commend my colleagues on…

Mr. Speaker, years before coming to Congress, as many of my colleagues know, I cofounded and served as the executive director of the National Network to End Domestic Violence. Twenty years ago, we worked with a bipartisan Congress to pass…

And I'm urging everyone to remain peaceful. One thing is for sure, another violent act or destruction of property is not the answer.

Thank you, Mr. President. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lee). The Senator from Texas. Zika Virus Funding

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss a really outrageous abuse of power on the part of Members of this body, Members of the House, Washington officials in general. While imposing ObamaCare on everyone else, officials in Washington have…

No, that is wrong, and that is where I refer to--I can give it to you if you wish--552(a)(B) of Title V, and I will read from here, 'except pursuant to a written request or with a prior written consent of the individual to whom the record…

I am interested in the WINGMAN Act, which I gather you all oppose.

Will this effectively speed up the adjudication of claims? We have our doubts.

Now, you define unprecedented, which is somewhat pejorative, so what do you base upon--it is unprecedented, right, in the sense that before, we have had to wait for somebody to send it to us----

I have not yet heard an objection that actually sounds like it is firm.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

But they are left with that hanging over them, and although the ACA was supposed to eliminate medical bankruptcy, I gather it is actually a worse problem now.

I've seen the statistics. The statistics show that medical bankruptcies have not declined.

Mr. Speaker, our Nation is still horrified and heartbroken over the brutal act of terror and hate that killed 49 and wounded many more in Orlando, Florida, just over a week ago. We stand in solidarity with the loved ones of those who were…

Social Security faces serious challenges and needs serious solutions, not empty words and plans that just don't add up.

So we can't tax our way to solvency.