if you do not have the ability to provide the essential services, it is the vulnerable who are going to suffer.

I look forward to reviewing the impact of the statutory caps on seniors.

We were the first nation conceived in revolution against monarchy and theocracy to declare religious liberty.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to yet another reckless attack by the majority on the retirement security of millions of Americans. I don't get why the majority is so determined to go after the retirement security of so many…

Some people would cast the current global political condition as a war between Christianity and Islam.

I'm still excited about meeting with the president. I think, basically, his staff gave him some incorrect information. The meeting was never set. We didn't get all of these calls. And he talked about. As a matter of fact, I'm still looking…

Mr. President, I would like to express my support for the nomination of Linda McMahon to the position of Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Linda McMahon is an interesting candidate for this position. As the cofounder…

I would rather see an outcome that would be achieved with more innovation at that level, working with our private-sector friends.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi) for the exemplary act of civility in allowing me and another late-arriving colleague to be part of the freshman class presentation about our collective commitment to…

I authored, in the last Congress on a bipartisan basis, a bill that would encourage and provide resources to the Department of Energy...

When you stand up for human rights, you are standing up for what makes America the great nation it is.

It speaks to the priority that we believe that we must pay to modern day slavery trafficking.

It was the U.S. leadership--it was the congressional leadership that made this issue the priority of our Nation.

Mr. President, Congress created the Small Business Administration in 1953 to ``aid, counsel, assist and protect, insofar as is possible, the interests of small business concerns.'' The SBA now provides financial assistance, help with…

Mr. President, today we consider the nomination of Steve Mnuchin, a multimillionaire former Goldman Sachs executive, hedge fund manager, and investor, to be Secretary of the Treasury. In our Nation's history, the Treasury Secretary was the…

Mr. President, I support the nomination of David Shulkin to be Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. President Obama nominated Dr. Shulkin, a medical doctor, to be Under Secretary for Health for the Department of Veterans…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Speaker Ryan for yielding. He admonished us to be brief. So, Joyce, I will be brief. Often I rise on this floor when we have extraordinary staffers retire on either side of the aisle, Republican or Democrat, and…

Absolutely. There's no way that his resignation takes care of this event. And very frankly, Mr. Chaffetz nor Mr. Nunez, who chairs the intelligence committee, would have thought that had this been Mrs. Clinton in the same position. I'm…