Unfortunately, it is in an area in which we have seen several startling lapses in oversight recently.

Today's hearing is one of the final pieces in our effort to prepare for the coming Commodities Exchange Act Reauthorization.

Mr. Speaker, this rhetoric is wonderful and I'm enjoying it, but I represent Fort Hood, Texas. Fort Hood has put more human beings in the fight in the last 10 or 11 years than any place on Earth. Not only soldiers go to war, but wives or…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a member of the Safe Climate Caucus. How much longer will the Republicans deny the science of climate change? Today, the world's leading climate change scientists say that it is extremely likely that human…

Madam President, I rise to discuss the current dilemma before the Senate with regard to whether to vote on the motion to close debate and go to the debate and final vote, if you will, on the House- passed version of the CR which put in the…

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the House- passed continuing resolution now pending before the Senate. Once again the Senate is considering a last-minute continuing resolution rather than regular-order appropriations bills. Handling…

I thank my colleague from Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak out against the dangerous U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, which was signed this morning by Secretary Kerry. This treaty will impact the United States' sovereignty, encroach…

I found her to be a tough lady. I found her to be a knowledgeable lady. I have found her to be an effective lady.

The underlying pressure of conservatives has actually moved the base of the Republican Party on this issue a fair distance.

The big difference in Washington today is I don't sense that Barack Obama has anything like the personal skills that Bill Clinton had.

Ted Cruz ran on the grounds that he would fight in Washington. He didn't promise he'd win. He promised he would fight.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to personally thank you, because 3½ years ago, I was hospitalized for a week with MRSA.

I have a concern that under the hospital inpatient patient system, bundled payments are often determined by the cost of existing antibiotics.

I appreciate your doing so, because the last thing we'd want to do would be to have a disincentive for the development of the very drugs we're trying to promote being developed.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, for years, I have pushed for the return to regular order. This short-term CR will allow us to do just that by giving us time to finalize a broader budget deal, complete the fiscal year…

Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the time. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor, and I am getting ready to speak on an issue that is very close on this rule. I support all of the rules combined here, and I support the underlying legislation, but I…

H.R. 1526 also includes a reform to the supporting rural schools program. This is a program that clearly needs to be reformed but in a thoughtful way that recognizes the unique position that our rural schools are in. We can't continue to…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to talk about this heartless and mean-spirited attempt by my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to cut $40 billion from the SNAP program--the food stamp program--that ensures that children, seniors, and poor…