Mr. President, I see my friend and colleague from Pennsylvania on the floor. We have worked together on a number of things over the years, including now, working together to impose and really enforce sanctions against North Korea, putting…

The actual death toll not of Hurricane Maria, but of Hurricane PREPA has not been properly disclosed by the government of Puerto Rico.

Nobody denies the challenges of repairing the collapsed energy grid of Puerto Rico, but I submit to you that most of the challenges to turn the lights back on in Puerto Rico are neither natural nor geographic. They are manmade.

Let's talk about PREPA's governance.

It needs to change now.

The Federal Government needs to step up and take charge to expedite power restoration efforts.

The truth is that, taken together, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are currently experiencing the largest blackout in American history.

I want answers and so do many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle.

I have serious concerns not only about how PREPA has overseen the effort to restore power in Puerto Rico, but also more broadly on how PREPA has managed--or more accurately, mismanaged--the grid in Puerto Rico over the years.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to talk about a job-killer tax bill that is coming to Congress this week, and if you don't watch out, it could be coming to your hometown soon. Up until yesterday, Mr. Speaker, I thought the new GOP tax plan was just…

However, a Federal mandate to include microgrids in a new energy model for Puerto Rico will certainly help.

Mr. President. I agree with my colleague from Georgia that we need to simplify our Tax Code. We need real tax reform. We have seen a lot of junk built up in the Tax Code over many years, put there by special interests that seek special…

I will point out that there are significant differences here about whether the 2001 authorization covers the military operation--counterterrorism operations against ISIS.

There is no debate, as the chairman has pointed out, about our resolve to go after terrorists who are attacking our interests and our allies.

Does the administration now consider that the 60-day clock has begun, and if not, what is the legal reasoning behind this conclusion?

I am deeply concerned about President Trump's inclination to go to war rather than find diplomatic solutions to these crises.

would you agree that there is no congressional authorization for the use of military force against North Korea?

The October 4th ambush of U.S. and Nigerien forces was a tragic but isolated incident.