I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 11, insert after ``settlement agreement'' the following: ``(except as provided in subsection…

I thank Congressman Veasey for yielding, but also for his remarkable leadership here in Congress and for hosting this very important Special Order this evening. Mr. Speaker, I rise, along with my colleagues in the Congressional Black…

Madam President, as we speak, our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico, Texas, and Florida are recovering from a series of devastating hurricanes. Over 100 people have lost their lives because of these terrible storms, and many more are…

This House and its committees will discuss what is being called tax reform, what is being told to the American public is a middle class tax break. Well, I am here to tell you it is a con job. It is a tax giveaway to the wealthiest people…

Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…

Mr. President, our constitutional structure puts in place a Federal Government with powers that James Madison described as ``few and defined'' and those reserved to the States as ``numerous and indefinite.'' Among other things, the…

Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…

Mr. President, I am offering this amendment to pay back western communities for the loss that occurs to them as a result of the widespread ownership of Federal public land. As I have long stressed, Federal land is often a bad bargain for…

Mr. President, I am offering amendment No. 1430 to repeal ObamaCare regulations that are wreaking havoc on our health insurance market. Healthcare costs are rising dramatically, unsustainably, and unaffordably. Healthcare costs are rising…

Mr. President, I rise in support of this amendment. This would correct a great defect in our Tax Code--the parent tax penalty. We have been punishing parents for decades because of the way our Federal tax system and our senior entitlement…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to extend debate by 30 seconds. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I wish to thank my colleague, the Senator from Wyoming, chairman of the Budget Committee, Mr. Enzi, for allowing me, as the vice chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, some time on the Senate floor to discuss the budget…

Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during…

Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which…

I want to thank our ranking member for yielding time to me and for her tireless leadership. Mr. Speaker, as a Representative from northern California, let me just say that my thoughts and prayers are with our neighbors in the North Bay. I…

Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which…

The other day, a young man who lives in my neighborhood came over, and he asked me to try to teach him how to drive a car. And I told him: Son, it is real easy to drive a car. It is just kind of like these budget proposals you will see in…

Madam President, I rise today to honor the life of Elder Robert D. Hales, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elder Hales passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 1, at the age…