It's a very juridical environment that seems to stifle sometimes creativity, seems to minimize performance with all the protections.

If we start changing the baseline against which we measure best of work, you know, we all become one happy paradise in the workers', you know, republic.

Mr. Speaker, I am joined today by Members of the Virginia delegation and Members who were affected by the horrific attack by a gunman at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007. Today, we ask that all pause to remember the victims of this attack…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1667) to amend title 11 of the United States Code in order to facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy, as amended. The Clerk read the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. The Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act is a necessary reform to ensure that taxpayers will not be called on to rescue the next failing financial firm. The legislation relies on…

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Marino), the chairman of the Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee and the chief sponsor of this legislation.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. In 2008, our economy suffered one of the most significant financial crises in history. In the midst of the crisis and in response to a fear that some financial firms' failures could…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on H.R. 1667, currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1304, the Self-Insurance Protection Act, purports to protect stop-loss insurers from being regulated at the Federal level. It appears that we are considering a bill…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, we are continuing to hear complaints about the Affordable Care Act. Whatever someone thinks about the Affordable Care Act, I think it is important to look at the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, this bill prohibits Federal regulation of stop-loss insurance. The Federal Government does not regulate stop-loss insurance. It does not affect the States' ability to…

If you need to come back to us and tell Congress that the FDA's mission is to fine tune narrowly just around the approval process rather than being proactive to deal with an issue that is as massive as the management of pain, I hope you…

The opioid crisis is a human tragedy of enormous scope and should be the FDA's highest public health priority.

I thank my friend, the deputy majority leader, the senior Senator from Texas. I draw support for my conclusion about that language from two other cases that Judge Gorsuch was involved in in the Tenth Circuit, one case dealing with…

I would appreciate it. I will take 2 minutes and finish quickly. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia.

Madam President, I also rise to discuss the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch of the Tenth Circuit. I take this very seriously. I started my legal career as an appellate law clerk in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in…

FDA's ability to fulfill its mission to protect and promote public health depends almost entirely on its world-class workforce of talented, dedicated public servants.

Mr. President, first of all, let me thank my friend the Senator from New Jersey for his statement. I, too, share the belief that there was a better way to go about this judicial nomination process. I think as well that traditions such as a…