Mr. President, I rise to celebrate the anniversary of one of the most significant legislative achievements in American history, the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare. I rise in strong…

Mr. President, I rise today to talk about a bill that I have introduced. I have introduced it in prior Congresses. But I think it is particularly important in this Congress. It is the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017. I am…

Mr. President, today I wish to recognize the productive partnership between the United States and Costa Rica. I recently had the chance to meet with President Guillermo Solis, and I can attest that this is a bilateral relationship…

Mr. President, I rise as the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to comment on the nomination of Mr. Friedman to be the U.S. Ambassador to Israel. Shortly, we will be having that vote. I consider the U.S.-Israel…

Mr. President, our Ambassador to Israel is one of our most consequential diplomatic posts. Israel is our greatest friend and ally in the Middle East and one of our closest partners in the world. The bonds between our peoples have been…

Mr. President, I oppose the resolution to repeal the Federal Communications Commission's rule to protect consumers from having their data sold by internet service providers, or ISPs, without their permission. Passing this resolution of…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. May I ask, do you know when the Rules Committee will meet, Mr. Majority Leader? I yield to the gentleman. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. The Rules Committee will meet…

Mr. Speaker, I am not going to tell the gentleman, but it was a good fishing trip that the gentleman was on. I thank the gentleman, but my assumption is that Members can be relatively confident, based upon what we are going to do and what…

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), my friend, for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for tomorrow. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Members are…

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman's information, and I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. Mr. Leader, if the Rules Committee meets, say, at 9 a.m., and you said the earliest vote at 10 a.m., obviously, a lot of our Members are focused on what time they have to be here to make sure they make a…

Mr. Speaker, can the gentleman tell us how long you anticipate the debate on the bill itself would be? Obviously, I am asking that in the context of when can Members believe that we may be concluding tomorrow's business? Mr. Speaker, I…

I believe there is a reputational risk to a company if it is disclosed, if people find out through other means that they may have spent a whole lot of money supporting one political candidate or another.

I think it is important to remember that Dodd-Frank was a response to the financial meltdown.

the Trump administration proposal wipes out the EPA's Chesapeake Bay program, which has had bipartisan support in our State of Maryland

the Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure. It is also vital to the economy in the State of Maryland.

we think that a lot of these settlement agreements where nobody was actually held personally accountable and personally liable actually do not create the kind of deterrence that we want.

I just want to hear from you a willingness to talk and explore ways where we could modify some of those provisions to make sure we address the needs of some of the smaller, medium-size farms.