Mr. President, I would also like to acknowledge the dedication of key congressional staffers, including those at the Congressional Research Service, the Congressional Budget Office, and with House and Senate legislative counsel's office…

Mr. President, this new law has the power to better the lives of hundreds of thousands of children and their families. It will for the first time allow States to invest Federal foster care dollars in evidence-based services, like substance…

Mr. President, I thank my colleague from Minnesota for laying out the case so clearly on the challenge, as I like to call it, of taking on climate chaos. My wife Mary comes from Minnesota. I know they value the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Every…

May I inquire as to how much time remains for each side. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Weber of Texas). The gentleman from Oregon has 3 minutes remaining. The gentleman from New Jersey has 1 minute remaining.

I now have the honor of yielding 3 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick), who has been, even before he got to the Congress, an extraordinary advocate for this cause and for the patients with terminally ill conditions.

When Illinois took this up, they approved it 169-1 in their assembly. Mr. Speaker, I yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Griffith).

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Carter), a distinguished member of our committee and a pharmacist by training and trade.

Ask anyone who lives in or near communities with waste coal piles from abandoned mines and they will tell you that they can be a significant environmental hazard. They can leak acidic water into rivers and streams. They can sometimes catch…

Mr. President, Senator Hatch and I have introduced the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018. This bill makes a number of improvements to our Nation's employer-provided retirement plans and is the result of several years of…

The bill before us today, the BRICK Act, makes commonsense adjustments to preserve small businesses and American jobs while still protecting the environment. This bill addresses the impact of regulations and policies aimed at brickmakers…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Arif Hasan, be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, the first three words of our Constitution are, ``We the People.'' This is the mission statement of the United States of America. Our government was set up not to create a government by and for the powerful and the privileged…

Mr. President, as I was walking into the Chamber tonight, the press outside was telling me that they had just been told--and I hope to hear otherwise tomorrow--that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on which the distinguished…

I appreciate the gentleman's courtesy in permitting me to speak on this. This bill, I think, is an example of the politics and legislation that Ray Baum would be particularly proud of, characterizing his work as a policymaker and a policy…

I would concur with my friend's comments. I am happy to work on these issues involving spectrum. I know there are multiple uses around, and we want to make sure that those using these frequencies are not disadvantaged. I look forward to…

I want to thank the chairman of the Environment Subcommittee, my friend, Mr. Shimkus, who has worked tirelessly--not just this year, not just last year, but probably since the first year he came to Congress--to try and find a permanent…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my intern Jonah Harris be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, let's turn to another attack on workers. Our entire Constitution had a theme, had a mission statement, and that mission statement was ``we the people,'' government of, by, and for the people. My colleagues might be surprised…