I just urge you that in the OMB-type bureaucracies, these types of programs are not well understood, and unless we have an advocate, it can be delayed.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the amendment being offered and in support of the underlying bill and the increased oversight in transparency it provides to the body of the intelligence community and the American public that it…

Mr. President, I take this time to share with my colleagues a report I released yesterday, which is the product of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The report is called ``Putin's Asymmetric Assault on Democracy in Russia and Europe…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that floor privileges be granted to Laura Carey, who is a fellow on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, on loan from the State Department, during today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, nobody has any intention, of course, of holding the military hostage. Secretary Mattis and his predecessors have all believed that a CR is damaging to the military's ability to move forward…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for that information. I presume the CR, or continuing resolution, is anticipated, as the gentleman referenced. Is that accurate? Mr. Speaker, I yield to my friend. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for that. Will that continuing resolution be clean, from the gentleman's standpoint--that is to say, it will not include other items on it--or does the gentleman have any anticipation that other items…

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), my friend and the majority leader, for the purpose of inquiring about the schedule for the week to come. (Mr. McCARTHY asked and was given permission to revise and…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman and I had the opportunity to be at the White House with the President earlier this week. He and I are attempting to work on seeing if we can make sure that we protect our…

Mr. Speaker, what a sad state of affairs. There are scores of critically important issues that need to be considered by this House, not the least of which is funding our government. We failed to do that, and now we are confronted with a…

As I said at the beginning, we are bringing this bill to the floor, a retread. This is not new legislation that they are offering. The only thing new about it is they put two natural resources bills attached to it. We should be focused, as…

It looks like they are setting him up to be immune from being held accountable for his war crimes.

Mr. Assad must be held accountable for his activities, and that cannot be compromised in a final political settlement.

We need to know what the military mission is. We need to know what the diplomatic mission is.

I only hope there will be more, because I think the situation in southwest Syria... is not just untenable, it is unacceptable.

the Trump administration appears to view Syria through a military lens, making decisions on troop levels and military missions in a policy vacuum.

I am deeply disappointed, and I share the chairman's concern, that the Department of Defense declined this committee's invitation to testify.

I am concerned by some of the things we have discussed today that there are clear signals that this administration intends to declare victory against ISIS and remove itself from the Syrian conflict.