In December 2017 the President courageously changed the U.S. policy to provide defensive lethal assistance to Ukraine.

Your mission is absolutely critical, with little room for error.

Thank you very much, again, for your leadership. And the persons serving with you, God bless you.

Mr. Speaker, I greatly appreciate Dr. Terry Michalske, who is the Executive Vice President and Director of the Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory, located at the Savannah River site in South Carolina's Second…

I very much appreciate the focus that the Department of Defense is putting forth on this space area of responsibility.

I am particularly grateful for the leadership of the domain of space by Chairman Mike Rogers and Ranking Member Jim Cooper.

And we are going to deal with these kids now--help them get back on their feet--or fight them later.

Let me encourage you to go back to Secretary Perry and go back to your bosses and others in the White House you have conversations with and let's make this a priority in the upcoming infrastructure package.

There's been a lot of talk today about electromagnetic pulse and grid hardening.

So whether it's a natural EMP or whether it's manmade, we've got to be prepared for it.

President Trump has talked about a huge infrastructure package and we are talking about within Congress.

Can I invite you on behalf of my alma mater to visit the drivetrain and test facility in Charleston, South Carolina?

The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several Federal crimes that day.

That is stunning, and the American people need to know that.

Mr. Speaker, this week we have representatives from the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership, MEP, visiting for their annual legislative day. MEPs are public-private partnerships that help small- and medium-size manufacturers…

What can be done to maintain a healthy U.S. Merchant Marine and the commercial fleet?

So it is a very precipitous decline.

My understanding is we are focusing some attention on gun violence in this Nation and I think we should.