I am a sponsor of H.R. 236, the Family Farmer Relief Act, and it is important because over the last 20 years, the increase in production from our farmers all across the country has gone up significantly.

By increasing the debt cap from Chapter 12 bankruptcy from $4 million to $10 million, this bill will keep more farmers in fields and farms and in the family.

I was detained in the Hope Hicks deposition. Had I been present, I would have voted ``Nay'' on rollcall No. 356. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that…

I am pleased to come today and join my colleagues to highlight the VA MISSION Act--legislation we passed to provide our veterans with access to health and long-term care closer to home. This month, I had the opportunity to join a Senate…

If large publishers are having this problem, you can about imagine how adversely affected smaller publishers that do business in North Dakota are by this issue.

I would ask unanimous consent to enter Congressman Sensenbrenner's statement into the record.

A statement for the record by Ranking Member Sensenbrenner submitted by the Honorable Kelly Armstrong.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it recess until 9:30 a.m., Thursday, May 23; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day…

I believe that prescription drug pricing, it is a conversation that I get, it is one of the biggest ones we get in our office both in D.C. and back in our offices in North Dakota, and it should be a bipartisan endeavor.

like my colleagues and like people from around the country, North Dakotans are very proud of our military heritage. In fact, North Dakotans sign up at a rate four times the national average. I think you will hear that theme throughout the…

we had two sets of packages that could come to the floor clean this week that would pass, they pass the Senate, the President could sign them by the end of the month, but that is not going to happen.

But unfortunately, we are in D.C. and, never allowing a political opportunity to go to waste, they are going to get marked up in Rules Committee, and we are going to vote on bills this week that just quite frankly have no chance of…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 174.

Americans care about clean air; Americans care about clean water; and the U.S. needs to be at the table for these discussions as we move into a global economy. But, Mr. Speaker, a bad deal is worse than no deal at all. Make no mistake…

I think it's reasonable to allow USPS some modest diversification, but once they--if you think about the USPS making a major leap, say, into banking, or a grocery delivery, and other sorts of things like that, it makes no sense, because we…

We need to let USPS defend itself. And the way to do that is to privatize them.

I think there's a death spiral here. I think that ultimately Congress is going to have to do a major reform.

You need to protect consumers by opening up the USPS to competition, at the same time, giving them the flexibility.