Frankly, how Congress is approaching this through the Armed Services Committee, not through the Foreign Affairs or Foreign Relations Committees, reminds me of H. L. Mencken.

It is unfathomable to me that a four-star commander in the field would take guidance from a staffer in the bureaucracy.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 5577 is a bipartisan bill, introduced by two of my colleagues on the Committee on Natural Resources, the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Graves), and the gentleman from California…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4789 is an uncontroversial technical provision authorizing construction of a small restroom facility on the grounds of the Marine Corps Memorial, also known as the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from Maine (Ms. Pingree), the sponsor of this bill.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. This bill authorizes the National Park Service to conduct a special resource study of Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York. Fort Ontario was a military installation that was used during…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. As the chairman has said, this bill expands the Fort Frederica National Monument to include a 20-acre property, known as the North Marsh, which is currently owned by the St. Simons…

We are not going to ask the Security Council to impose a test ban by Security Council vote.

In Virginia, there is a mandatory financial literacy curriculum in our K-12 schools.

I very much appreciate this hearing that you and Senator McCaskill have called.

Maybe he doesn't want people to see that he's got some connections.

the administration could have the most worthy objective in the world, but if it is violating the U.S. Constitution ... that is a problem.

the President is actually under pressure from some of his constituency to do what I think all of us would agree would be a very dangerous thing.

No binding legal--international legal obligations without approval of the Senate.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. This summer, the harrowing account of the Stanford rape victim sparked outrage across the United States and around the globe. The survivor's letter documented in graphic and…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5578) to establish certain rights for sexual assault survivors, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 5578 Be…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on H.R. 5578, currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on H.R. 2832, currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…