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I think it is important we recognize there ought to be some way for communication or ombudsmanship to be available to the veteran who thinks they need the service and the care.

I would like for you to consider this an order from the Committee, for you to submit to us some ideas that you think might help facilitate exactly that.

Thanks, Senator Heller, for bringing this to our attention early on.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to join Representative Brady on this important bipartisan legislation to repeal the death tax once and for all. I have always believed that the death tax is politically…

A study by the Tax Foundation found that repealing the death tax would increase U.S. capital stock by 2.2 percent, it would boost GDP, and it would create 139,000 jobs, which eventually increases Federal revenue. This is a tax on success…

Mr. Speaker, after the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Americans from across the Nation were driven by a sudden sense of patriotism, and they sought ways that they could serve their country. One such patriotic…

Mr. Speaker, this morning, I am introducing the Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act. This bill is a bipartisan effort to make communities safer by improving access to mental health services for people in the criminal justice…

When I started my business, I drove an Indian car, I banked with the Bank of India, and I drank an Indian soft drink. Today I drink Coca-Cola, I bank with Citibank, and I drive a Ford.

It would be a shame for the continent of Africa to suffer because one participant on the continent just refused to cooperate.

This is not a perfect deal, but the question I have in my mind is to make sure it is the best deal we can get to move forward for our country.

Having lived outside the United States, I have witnessed the benefits of what you guys do and I want to applaud what you do.

I am a strong supporter of the CFPB, but we have been getting a few concerns.

But if you ask me, because you are using the full faith and backing of the U.S. Government, should we be making money off of foreign countries and foreign companies? Yes.

I thank my colleague, Congressman Jeffries from New York, for organizing this very important Special Order. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for hosting this. We are here to talk about a very important subject, the extrajudicial killing of Black…

Thank you for yielding again. I will also note, Congressman Jeffries, that in watching that video of the shooting in the back of the gentleman a week ago, what I saw was another police officer who arrived at the scene as the subject…

That thin blue line or that blue wall of silence is not a good thing for a democracy; it is not a good thing for freedom. The truth is that, when one's freedom is taken away, it affects potentially all of us in having our freedoms taken…

Mr. Speaker, it feels like open season on black men in America, and I am outraged. In fact, all Americans are at risk when bad actors in law enforcement use their guns instead of their heads. Despite bipartisan, nationwide calls for action…