human rights and conflict are directly connected.

I get a little more than chagrin when recipients of large amounts of U.S. foreign aid don't vote with the United States at least half the time in the U.N.

98 percent of the defendants and felony cases came from broken homes.

I think it is very important.

We are so proud of your efforts to reverse, as Congressman Zeldin has so correctly pointed out, the anti-Israel policies.

Mr. Speaker, 25 years ago, I was grateful to be with Governor Carroll Campbell, Senator John Russell, and Senator Verne Smith when BMW held the groundbreaking for their first American manufacturing facility in the upstate of South…

Your first speech was to condemn Russian aggression in Ukraine.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Virginia for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, as a student and former teacher of history, I have worked during my tenure in Congress to preserve and protect our Nation's historic treasures…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from South Carolina, the Honorable Ralph Norman, be permitted to take the oath of office today. His certificate of election has not arrived, but there is no contest and no question…

Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege, as dean of the South Carolina delegation, to introduce to this Chamber Representative Ralph Norman. Mr. Norman is from Rock Hill in York County, South Carolina. He is a real estate developer, a graduate of…

I think it is important. It is a broad topic. I don't think we are going to get to all the areas of discussion in this one hearing.

As a Democrat, I feel as if we have to keep the pressure up, as if we have to keep the resistance going because if there's one person in American politics that you cannot underestimate, it's Senator Mitch McConnell.

It's one thing for Donald Trump to say, we're going to repeal and replace. But I've listened with you on many nights, on panels and throughout the campaign season, Donald Trump really doesn't know what's going on when it comes to health…

This is boiled down to not a Democrat or Republican issue, but this is truly an American issue that affects one-sixth of our economy.

The goal is at this point not just to send Assad a message but to send Russia and Iran a message that if this happens again, we are putting you on notice. And my hope is that the President's warning will certainly get Russia and Iran to…

the U.N. a more accountable body and one that, in your words, 'better serves the interest of the American people.'

Mr. Speaker, members of my South Carolina Congressional delegation, it is an honor to be here. Let me have my family and friends stand. It is South Carolina's Brady Bunch. You all stand up there. It is a tremendous honor to serve with such…

Mr. Speaker, it is a great honor tonight to be here with Congressman Clyburn on a very extraordinary evening. To me, it is a dream come true. Eleven days ago, I had the opportunity--my wife, Roxanne, and I--to campaign across the Fifth…