we are not currently providing our Navy with the resources it needs to do what we ask

Every service branch we know today is suffering from readiness deficits

the resources we have been allocating to that critical function of government have been woefully inadequate

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX and the order of the House of today, this 15-minute vote on adoption of the motion to…

Mr. Speaker, I have listened with great, rapt attention this afternoon to my friends, Mr. Chaffetz and Mr. Meadows, who have gone on eloquently about protecting the Constitution of the United States at, of course, the collateral expense of…

I am seeking reassurance.

We have had a series of hearings where we hear the same story, and we are very worried that the Federal Government is so vulnerable.

The House passed H. Con. Res. 75, authored by my good friend and colleague, Jeff Fortenberry.

Although the administration made the right determination, a long time coming but they did, the question arises now, now what?

We really believe it here--and I think it is now bipartisan--we are seeing in all of our States that if we do not get a hold of the culture of over-prescription of opioid-based prescription drugs, we are just hollowing out communities…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to support the House amendment to S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016. The House amendment includes the Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act of 2016, better known as the SHARE Act…

This affects every level, and that is why we are now spending the time that we are.

when somebody who is under the grip of an addiction says I want treatment, that is a window that opens.

if the demand for drugs is so potent, if it has its hooks in people so deeply, the next dealer will appear tomorrow.

If you looked at the top 10 most affected States, they included some of the poorest States in the country and some of the richest States in the country.

Mr. President, I am pleased to introduce with my colleague Senator Murphy, a bill that extends the sunset of the Iran Sanctions Act, ISA, of 1996 until the President certifies to Congress that the Director General of the International…

the need is so intense that I am still going to go.

I want to talk, Mr. Chester, about your written testimony.