Senators Cardin, Kaine and I sent a letter to President Trump sharing our concerns about the halt in stabilization funding to Syria.

I understand that the President is going to invite Mr. Putin to the United States to follow up on the understandings reached in Helsinki.

He cannot just unilaterally decide to stop implementing our laws and our programs.

I commend you for that. I have just introduced in the last few days something we are calling the biosimilars competition act.

Thank you for your work to implement 21st Century Cures, which obviously as you know is a point of real pride for this committee.

This is the kind of sabotage he engaged in when his agents at the Department of Health and Human Services eliminated the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program.

As President, his job is to take care that the laws are faithfully executed even if he disagrees with the laws.

President Trump has eliminated or undermined a host of Federal programs and grantmaking processes that he disagrees with.

I understand politicians like to create their own councils and commissions and get rid of the last person's.

I understand that the new director of the Office for Management and Budget disbanded the council, which was charged with trying to streamline and improve the policies.

we would not have much of a democracy without the work that you reporters do.

My parents came to America in order to be offensive and not get thrown into jail for it.

the critical role that the press plays for Democracy.

Not only is this legislation completely illusory in terms of not really helping people who have the problem, but it might just be struck down. Mr. Speaker, how can you cut off the people of Newark, New Jersey, or Freehold, New Jersey…

Doesn't it also say that we can't threaten to drive you out of the Medicaid program entirely because you refuse to accept one particular program that we want to impose upon you?

All of us grow up with the wisdom of the Founding Fathers about the importance of the press as a watchdog and the importance of the sunlight that the media brings as a disinfectant to potential corruption in government.

This is a democratic emergency. The elections go right to the heart of democratic self-government in our country.

Reclaiming my time, rather than giving actual rights to people in the position of Mrs. Kelo or Mrs. Coking, who is going to be forced out of her house in Atlantic City, this, instead, places a very broad burden on the government and in…