I urge the chairwoman and committee to support a level of funding that will adequately provide for the military and provide for our national defense.

Madam Speaker, last night President Donald Trump spoke to a joint session of Congress and to the American people in a powerful and positive address. From day one, President Trump committed himself to fulfilling the promises he made to the…

I appreciate the dedicated efforts of the chairwoman, ranking members, and members of the committee.

I am grateful for the leadership of Hubner Manufacturing's chief executive officer, Ron Paquette. He has made a real difference.

Thank you very much. Mr. Hurst, you provided a unique perspective with the different healthcare mandates that have been suggested, imposed, or mandated in Massachusetts.

As Congress looks at various ways to control affordability in health care, wellness programs and initiatives should be part of the discussion.

I appreciate your pointing out wellness screening preventive care, how helpful that is.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Madam Chair, for your leadership in providing such extraordinary witnesses today.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding to me and for the work she does with this Special Order. And I thank my friend from Texas (Mr. Veasey), for allowing me to participate. Mr. Speaker, thanks to the scholarship of Dr. Carter…

We truly hope that under your authority, the Department of Justice will reopen the investigation into these unindicted co-conspirators.

Clearly, the administration will need to work on a bilateral relationship with Mexico, but the United States is certainly right to seek to enforce our borders and protect our precious sovereignty.

Create jobs for the American people, promote U.S. energy security and U.S. exports, and return to the wisdom of our Founding Fathers.

In my opinion, the prior administration did little to advance U.S. interests in this hemisphere, and, in fact, did harm to traditional U.S. policies of standing up for human rights, and the rule of law under repressive regimes that…

I hope energy is a part of the conversation as NAFTA is renegotiated.

This is about democracy. This is about human rights.

I look forward to continuing the work that we have done and working hand in hand with my good friend, the gentleman from New Jersey, our ranking member, Albio Sires.

I appreciate your frankness and I hope our subcommittee will bear with me because I am going to make Venezuela a focus of this subcommittee.

How do I go to somebody who pays their taxes and say, 'Look, I want you to give this earned income tax credit to somebody who is working here illegally? That's not defensible.'