Let's look forward. We seem to be looking backwards.

I appreciate the need to title these hearings with cool names like 'Making the EPA Great Again' and 'Risky Business,' but I fear that we're going to go down the road of Top Gun and Mission Impossible and Jerry Maguire, so I'd like to move…

It's hard to borrow money as a small-business person. What I've learned in 43 years of running a family business is that banks only want to lend money to people that don't need it.

I was fascinated by Mrs.--Ms. Katz's testimony, especially the--and I very much respect sort of the deep philosophical notion that we have this $18 trillion of federal loan guarantees, that it has all kinds of pernicious effects.

The United States should simply not cede its leadership to our foreign competitors in the high-tech advanced energy sector.

I hope that as Members of Congress we can have some foresight and can agree to support federal investments today into the clean energy technologies that our nation will need tomorrow.

Last week, Ranking Members Lipinski and Johnson and I sent a letter to Chairmen Smith, LaHood and Comstock calling on them to investigate President Trump's cybersecurity practices.

Madam President, in honor of African-American History Month and in support of efforts to promote education and training in 21st century careers involving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, I want to bring the attention of…

Madam President, I want to compliment my friend, the Senator from Ohio, for his comments. I know my friend, the Senator from Washington, is going to make comments after this, so I will try to make mine as brief as possible. I apologize. I…

Thanks to Margot Lee Shetterly's book and the popularity of the film, these hidden figures are hidden no longer. And the stories of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson reflect America's story: the powerful combination of…

Madam President, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson shared a combined 95 years of experience in the field of aeronautics and space exploration. Katherine Johnson worked as an aerospace technologist from 1953 until she…

Mr. President, I also rise to speak about the nomination of Congressman Price as HHS Secretary. I will oppose his nomination, principally because he has been an opponent of virtually every program that provides health care access to people…

Mr. President, I thank the Chair for allowing me to retake the floor to speak about the nomination of Congressman Price to be HHS Secretary, and to read stories from Virginians who are afraid about repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Mark…

Mr. President, I would like to resume my remarks following the swearing in. I also offer my congratulations to my new colleague. Ann Odenhal, Richmond, VA: On New Year's Eve, 2013, we were informed that our youngest son, Patrick, 18 years…

Mr. President, I am here to speak about Mr. Price, but I want to respond to my friend the Senator from Nebraska. I appreciate very much the independence the Senator has shown in his tenure in the Senate. My hope would be that his comments…

What Russia is doing in the Middle East is not just about Syria, and we need to be on alert.

I am deeply worried that the President and some members of the administration want this to go away.

This was an attack on the United States. And if we treat it in a lackadaisical manner, we lose credibility.