I see. Because my office people have raised with me questions of other works of art now as being offensive or politically incorrect in the wake of the removal of that piece of art.

Are you now supposed to be regulating the potential political incorrectness or offensiveness of art because of this incident?

I wanted to take this opportunity to ask you about this whole incident that has taken place with the removal of one of the paintings that a Member of Congress brought forward as part of the Congressional Art Competition.

As the Representative of the Eighth Congressional District which borders the District of Columbia and a native to this area, it is quite an exceptional thrill and honor for me to be on this Committee overseeing our extraordinary Capitol…

I thank the gentleman. We are not in agreement, Mr. Speaker. What we will be doing would be 180 degrees different. We would not be pretending that we are going to repeal an Affordable Care Act that has been a success. We do not agree, Mr…

That is good advice as well. Would you give that advice to the President of the United States and tell him to take a breath before he makes policy or before he offends our allies or before he creates great fear in those who hear what he…

Mr. Speaker, may I ask the gentleman from California to do something? The advice that the gentleman gives to his children about taking a breath, perhaps before they tweet---- Mr. McCARTHY. My kids don't tweet.

I think that is an excellent quote, which I still agree with. Mr. McCARTHY. So you know the importance. What I would say to the gentleman is: let's work with this administration. As we sat in our meeting this week with leaders of other…

Going to go to another subject, Mr. Leader, obviously, we are very concerned about the Affordable Care Act, but we are also very concerned--as we talked about executive orders on this refugee ban that were issued, according to almost…

I thank the majority leader for his comments. I don't think he wants me to delve very deeply into why we do not have a Secretary of Health and Human Services. It is because the Republicans have not produced nor has the nominee produced…

I can clarify that for the gentleman. Mr. McCARTHY. I heard your question. Your question asked it both ways. Regardless of who won the election, the simple fact is ObamaCare is a failure. Regardless of who won the election, we would both…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for the schedule of regulations to come. I am sure we will have some discussions about that next week. In fact, we are going to have some discussions about all of these regulations which we believe reduce…

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), the majority leader and my friend, for the purposes of inquiring of the schedule for the week to come. =========================== NOTE ===========================…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his comment. I think we have demonstrated over the years that we ascribe to that concept. My point to you is, in the first 10 or 12 days of this administration, that concept has been put at great…

Mr. Speaker, I have always been a strong ally of the disability community and have paid close attention to the concerns many have had with this rule. I'm proud to have been the lead sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990…

Mr. President, let me thank Senator Leahy for his comments. Ten years ago, I was privileged to be elected by the people of Maryland to represent them in the U.S. Senate. I came to the Senate with Senator Brown at that time. It was our…

Mr. President, I wish to oppose the resolution of disapproval on the stream protection rule. Each Congress has an opportunity to promote having cleaner air and cleaner water. Our job description shouldn't include hollowing out the…

Let me conclude, for years, Congress has been fighting to shine a light on the billions of dollars paid by extracted companies to foreign governments. By taking away one of the only tools we have to shine a light on extracted payments'…