as our dear colleague, Senator Dianne Feinstein, is lying in state in San Francisco today, the home where her leadership started for us and for the country, and as we prepare to remember her tomorrow in a special celebration of her life, I…

first let me just say ``Amen'' to my friend and colleague from Arizona. Mr. President, I would ask, first, unanimous consent that following my remarks, Senator Schmitt be permitted to speak for 5 minutes and Senator Cardin be permitted to…

I rise today to strongly support the nomination of Susan DeClercq, whom President Biden nominated to serve as the U.S. District judge for the Eastern District of Michigan; and we will be having that vote shortly. One of the things that…

I hereby remove my name as cosponsor of H.R. 3881, the Credit Card Competition Act. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman's request is granted. ____________________

I appreciate the gentleman yielding. The short-term stop-gap government funding measure we are debating here today not only keeps our government open, which is very important, it responsibly reduces spending, makes critical reforms to…

There are human beings behind every single number that we talk about. Folks want to debate policy and different kinds of extremist agenda items when they are in charge. They can have committee hearings and deal with it separately, but…

I think we can safely say that this inquiry would fail that neutrality test.

But here we are, though, doing the bidding of a twice-impeached, indicted former President instead of working for the people of our country.

One, while Joe Biden is touting anti-corruption efforts in Romania, Hunter Biden is employed by a corrupt Romanian oligarch.

That is the number of Active-Duty/Reserve men and women serving our Nation's Armed Forces in Kentucky who are going to be forced to go without pay because of the shutdown.

We cannot allow people to be misleading the American people.

What was Hunter Biden selling to the Romania oligarchs for millions of dollars? I would still like to see a contract of that.

Without immediate action, Government funding will run out on Saturday at 11:59 p.m.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I wish the gentleman hadn't necessarily yielded back his time because I would have loved to have a little bit of a colloquy on this. I fully understand the USCIS is a fee-based institution. It takes in those fees. In addition to the $600…

The uncertainty created by the right-wing Republicans hearkens back to the 2019 shutdown that left Coast Guard members working without pay for weeks.

Congress must act immediately to ensure operations in the Indo-Pacific and around the globe are fully funded for this fiscal year.

The climate change represents the greatest existential threat to small Pacific Island nations facing rising sea levels and depleting fishing stock.