The challenges facing Metro are significant, and I welcome collaboration between our two committees to ensure robust oversight over Metro's management of Federal dollars and adherence to Federal safety standards.

I want to start by commending this committee for your efforts, through MAP-21 and then the FAST Act, to create a comprehensive framework of safety standards for Metro and all of the Nation's transit systems.

Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the bipartisan amendment I have co-written with my colleague, Judge Ted Poe of Texas. The amendment, which is part of the en bloc amendments, endorses an ongoing effort at the Defense Security…

Mr. President, I rise to speak on Lee amendment No. 3897 that deals with the Federal Fair Housing Act, and I want to describe why many of my colleagues and I are opposed to the amendment. The amendment would eliminate the current…

Mr. Chairman, I want to reiterate the importance of making sure that we are funding defense at the President's request. The FY 2017 request, I think, is minimally adequate, but it is not just me. The administration's own Secretary of the…

Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 210, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Polis The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment…

There are some of us on the Committee, Senator Corker and I, who believe strongly in risk retention.

I remain open to hearing the arguments, but obviously I have a series of grave concerns on this topic.

I am sympathetic to potentially leverage. I am not sympathetic to both.

It seems like the legislation you are proposing is a bit of an overreach.

I want to thank you for holding this hearing on the need to improve access to capital for businesses and communities.

I think we have seen a lot of the banks move out of this space.

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Arizona for working with us on this very important issue of making sure that veterans in a number of our States are able to get quality care in a location that is convenient to them, and I appreciate…

It strikes us as an inappropriate time to actually weaken oversight of these entities.

Madam President, I rise to discuss the pending vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, and I do so on a very momentous day in American legal history. May 17, today, is the anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in the pivotal case of Brown…

Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank Chairman Thornberry, Ranking Member Smith, and the ranking member on the Readiness Subcommittee, Madeleine Bordallo, for all of their efforts. Chairman Thornberry over the last few months has highlighted…

We will keep fighting for through the appropriations process.

I'll continue to encourage stakeholders like all of those represented here today and many more to stay active and make their voices heard throughout the implementation process.