Mr. Speaker, regular order is having hearings and witnesses, is it not? I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, for the last three decades, we have done that, and I don't think the American people want to…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for that information. I am going to have some specific questions about the tax bill, but before I do that, it is our understanding that substantial changes are being made in the tax bill that was put on…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his remarks. I will say on this floor--the fact-checkers check me--millions and millions and millions of middle class taxpayers will get a tax increase under this bill. Check me. Millions of people…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his remarks. Mr. Speaker, I heard almost word for word the majority party intone that vision and prediction when we passed the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts-- almost word for word. That economic policy…

Mr. Speaker, a lot more is the answer. Why is the NFIB, Mr. Speaker, against this bill if it is so good for small business? Why is the AARP against this bill if it is so good for small business? Why is the Peter G. Peterson Foundation…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his remarks. I don't share his enthusiasm for this bill, which I think will be very harmful, will explode the debt, and be a bait-and-switch on the middle class whether it will get a tax cut early and…

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy) for the purpose of the majority leader telling us the schedule for the week to come. (Mr. McCARTHY asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr…

North Carolina allows all its citizens to vote, although members of minority races may disproportionately choose, for socioeconomic or other reasons, not to take advantage of this equal opportunity.

I do want to follow up on some of the concerns that have been raised by Senator Stabenow and Senator Brown.

The General Assembly enacted legislation that restricted voting and registration in five ways, all of which disproportionately affected African Americans.

Mr. President, as we all know, President Trump is now in China on an important trip, where his top priority is obtaining China's cooperation in confronting North Korea's nuclear weapons program. While we should continue to seek China's…

We can only conclude that the North Carolina General Assembly enacted the challenge provisions of the law with discriminatory intent.

My ethical responsibility as a lawyer is to represent every client with ethical propriety and zealousness.

Thank you, and the Ranking Member, and welcome, Mr. Smith and Mr. Vaden.

Mr. President, later today we will start the process of voting on the confirmation of William Wehrum for Assistant Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Air and Radiation. I take this time to urge my colleagues…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the Hydropower Policy Modernization Act of 2017 because it weakens States' rights to protect their own water quality. Under the Clean Water Act, States…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose the Republican tax plan, a tax plan that is of, by, and for the wealthy and well connected. How do we know this? Yesterday, a Republican Congressman told a Capitol Hill reporter: ``My donors are…

A lot of the motivation for the Affordable Care Act was to begin to kind of turn our healthcare system towards prevention.