Senator Coons and I opened the markets in South Africa for U.S. poultry, which they were being blocked from, by just enforcing the terms of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, which is a trade preference program between the two…

one of the many things I learned is that rape is a military tactic in Africa. It is not a violation of law. They teach it.

I completely come from where they are coming from, in terms of us in the United States holding these people accountable in some way, if not at least by withholding funds or withholding funds until they comply with human rights.

Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues pass this measure. I yield back the remainder of my time.

Mr. Speaker, it warms my heart today to be a part of this body and to be a part of the movement of such important legislation as this, which is to protect people who are very vulnerable to abuse. Without our action, it will just simply…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 2947, the Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2016, amends the Bankruptcy Code to establish a process for the expedited judicial resolution of large financial institutions in…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I am pleased to support H.R. 4676, the Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016, as amended. This legislation provides an important tool for Federal prosecutors to combat…

Mr. Speaker, the first full week of April, since the 1930s, America and the world get a peek at the world-famous Augusta National Golf Course for Masters Week. Spectators gather in Augusta, Georgia, or join family and friends around the…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 2512 to add the Zika virus to the list of tropical diseases under the FDA Priority Review Voucher program for tropical diseases. While evidence…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as the gentleman has stated, this is a serious problem. This is a problem that I have dealt with as a professional pharmacist for many years. I have dealt with it in my retail…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. O.C. Welch for his success in business and his dedication to making the Savannah community a better place to live. Mr. Welch is the definition of a self-made man, whose hard work and natural…

Do not overbureaucratize the response, or it will take entirely too long.

I was really proud of Dr. Frieden, at the CDC, and also our military.

we are also subsidizing our allies who are spending, on average, much less than 2 percent of their GDP.

I think the country faces two very serious crises right now, and they are interrelated.

Mr. Speaker, before I recognize the Honorable Bill Pascrell from New Jersey, who serves on, by the way, the Budget and the Ways and Means Committees here in Congress, I would like to point out that we have got a severe problem that we are…

Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pascrell).

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I am anguished in listening to the pleas of my friend from Texas to help these megamergers, to help these big, multinational corporations. They need us so badly because the big, bad…