we know that farming activities is the largest single source of pollutants entering the Bay.

Mr. President, I rise today to commemorate the 200th speech the Senator from Rhode Island, Mr. Whitehouse, will make here on the floor of the U.S. Senate on the need to act on climate change. When global challenges arise, countries…

we cannot solve that problem by going around the governments. You may provide humanitarian assistance to the people that are suffering, but it is not going to deal with the stability of fragile states.

we do need to have government accountability, and that is why conditionality of aid effecting government change is the way I think we need to go.

We have passed legislation--it has not been taken up on the floor yet--that would use the example of Trafficking in Persons report for corruption.

Mr. President, today I wish to recognize the 50th anniversary of the founding of the International Baccalaureate, which has made significant contributions to educating students around the world. In 2018, the IB celebrates 50 years of a…

Mr. Speaker, I wanted to bring the good news to Congress about where we are on the gun violence debate because I know there have been a lot of accusations flying back and forth. I want us to look for the common ground. I want to bring the…

Mr. President, I rise to recognize March as Women's History Month and today, March 8, as International Women's Day. Both at home and abroad, how a country treats its women is very much a barometer of its success. When women live without…

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce a common sense piece of legislation that will expand the ability of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to nurture innovative and high-growth small businesses in Maryland and across the country…

Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time to just make a correction. I said a significant number of Democrats voted for it and a significant number of Republicans voted against it. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY…

Mr. Speaker, the majority leader talked about a lot of issues, one of which was NICS. What he didn't say was they put a poison pill in the Fix NICS bill, which is why so many of us voted against it on concealed carry. There is a…

Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, my question was, will you agree--you talked a lot about NICS and where it is failing, and we can fix it. We agree with that. So what I am asking you--you put the Rutherford bill on. I think most of us are…

The answer is no, Mr. Speaker. The answer is no, because we want to continue to have that on which we agree defeated by that on which we do not agree. That is the pattern. And when the gentleman says all those bipartisan bills, there were…

Mr. Speaker, the leader spoke in a very calm and reasoned way. I will do the same. As an aside, I will tell you the CHIP bill passed on November 3, over a month after its authorization expired. Mr. Speaker, the majority leader talks about…

I have consulted with the staff person for whom you have great respect and affection, and she says that I am right. Now, she is my staffer, so maybe she is somewhat biased, but I will tell you that we believe we are right on that. But that…

It expired on September 30. You didn't bring it up until weeks after that. Mr. McCARTHY. With all due respect, I think you might want to ask your staff before you put that on record, with all due respect. Well, I am not sure you are…

He says it was because of our committee. I will tell you, Mr. Speaker, we can't stop anything in committee. They have a majority on every committee and can bring a bill up tomorrow--the next hour if they decide to do so. Mr. McCARTHY. May…

Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time. With all due respect, Mr. Speaker, I indicated to the leader what I said, and I knew what I said, and I know what the facts are. The Republicans could not pass that bill on their own. There were over 60…