I believe that we have an obligation to remember that message right now and to think about what future generations will say about how we acted or did not act in this moment.

As we know, public condemnation has not curtailed the Chinese government's abusive practices and with this bill we will take real action to identify the Chinese officials responsible for these abuses and impose sanctions upon them under…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to draw attention to an invasive pest that is wreaking havoc on farms and forests nationwide and is giving Pennsylvania agricultural producers a major headache. I am talking about the spotted lanternfly. This…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize October as German-American Heritage Month. I am proud to co-chair the Congressional German-American Caucus with my good friend and colleague Congressman Bill Keating. The mission of the caucus focuses…

Mr. Speaker, last week, we celebrated Timber Innovation Day and National Forest Products Week. The forest products industry plays an important role in many communities around the Nation, including Pennsylvania, which is blessed with some…

I just want to get that answer. That is no longer on the table, regarding small airports not having TSOs under the Transportation Security Administration.

The American people would be absolutely shocked and amazed of the terrorist threats and danger to the aviation system that TSOs have prevented.

I think because the TSOs are front-line security for National security, there should be a consistent managing structure.

I think it should be publicly made--Mr. Chairman, this is something that happened in the early, early, early stages of TSA, when an 8-year-old boy--we spent, like, 2 years trying to get him off the watch list.

I am baffled about where we are today.

When this program began, I was in opposition to it.

There are legal permanent residents who are in the Nation's military cemeteries or in cemeteries today from the Iraq and Afghan war.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the service and the sacrifice of our Nation's first responders. In Pennsylvania and around the entire country, police officers, firefighters, EMTs, and other emergency personnel are willing to put their…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my honorable friend, Congresswoman Lawrence, for her leadership on someone who really set a tone, not just in Detroit and Michigan, but the entire Nation. I thank her for her leadership. Mr. Speaker, I knew Chairman…

The fact that we are breaking our word to men and women who've put their lives on the line for this country is profoundly disturbing to me.

We can't operate in those countries effectively if we don't have people by our side who speak the local language and understand the local culture.

A lot of it is fear on the part of the bureaucrats who are supposed to be conducting background checks on these individuals. They're afraid to approve anyone.

Congress needs to provide strong oversight to ensure that those statutes are followed.