Mr. Speaker, I presume, therefore, Members ought to be prepared for that bill to come forward, and what we hear, we don't know, is in a revised form. Mr. Speaker, we hope, if it comes forward in a revised form, that it is accompanied with…

Mr. Speaker, I would hope the majority leader might give us some idea. Obviously, everybody in this town and around the country believes the possible legislation that might come forward is a version of, revision of, the American Health…

Mr. Speaker, I agree with almost everything the Speaker just had to say, and I may repeat some of it. What I do not agree with, however, Mr. Speaker, is that we didn't notice. I noticed. My staff has noticed. My staff has not only noticed…

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in support of this legislation. I want to thank Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mrs. Lowey, and all the subcommittee chairs and ranking members for the work that they have done to get us to this place. This vote we are…

Mr. President, I come to the floor with a simple question for my colleagues, especially my Republican colleagues: Why is it that this Senate is working to pass a law which will deny millions of our fellow Americans access to the kind of…

Your legacy is very strong here in the importance of development assistance to our national security budget.

I agree with your assessment that we can always do things better.

we very much depend upon our partnerships with the private sector.

Our government has a strong obligation to help stabilize countries under democratic principles and respect for human rights and anticorruption.

It does create a challenge and that is to get political support because if you have commodities that you are using...

The missions are important in these countries.

Today I think U.S. development assistance, foreign assistance enjoys much more political support than it did a couple decades ago.

I applaud the work that our chairman has done and Senator Coons has done in modernizing our food aid.

I personally want to thank you for that.

I am anxious to hear how we can be more effective in leveraging activities in the private sector.

Mr. Speaker, I hope that tomorrow the House has the opportunity to deliver on the promise that the President made and Republicans made to finally repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act which is crumbling around us. Mr. Speaker, we do…

the First Amendment doesn't need a fairness act. The First Amendment is supreme to any statute we might pass.

I think fundamentally that less government is better.