Mr. President, how much time do we have? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Republicans have no time remaining. There are 3 minutes on the Democratic side.

A year ago last June, I presented this map by Dr. Fred Kagan of the American Enterprise Institute, warning of expanding terrorist safe havens around the world. The President ignored these signs and underestimated the strength of the…

Mr. President, the time is blurred now. Yesterday, or early this morning, a very bad occurrence happened to the people of Israel. During a cease-fire which they agreed to, an Israeli unit apparently was attacked by a Hamas suicide bomber…

Mr. President, I intend to speak on a couple matters in morning business for 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, the second issue I would like to talk about is my colleagues in the House are trying to find their way to pass legislation regarding the crisis on the border. They tried yesterday. They failed. They are back at it again. I…

Mr. President, a couple things. This is a very dark day for our friends in Israel. Apparently, earlier this morning, about an hour and a half after the agreed-upon cease-fire, an Israeli column of soldiers who were trying to decommission a…

Madam President, I am pleased the President signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, WIOA, into law last week to improve job training in the United States. WIOA is the result of a commitment in both parties and both Chambers to…

Before we go home for the August work period, I think it is important for this House to reaffirm to the world our support for Israel. Under President Obama, it would seem that America has switched sides from its historical support for…

The world has watched violence in the Middle East escalate due to Hamas rocket attacks. The bottom line is that Israel, under the trusted leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has the absolute right to defend its citizens from…

I would just remind my colleague from Maryland who just spoke that, in my humble opinion, Harry Reid shut down the government. Mr. Speaker, let me explain for everybody watching at home across America what the separation of powers doctrine…

Let's take this President to court because I believe we need to take whatever steps are necessary and in our power to rein in this administration and hold them accountable to the United States Constitution and citizens of the United States…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the only people I hear talking about impeachment in this Chamber are the Democrats. The Democrats must want the President impeached as far as I can tell. My favorite piece of art in this…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, we in this body are called upon to represent the wishes of the American people. The last national election, President Obama was reelected by the American people by an…

Counties and States around this country compete every day for jobs. How they do it is not complicated. They adjust their tax and their regulatory burdens to attract businesses, and those that do the best job attract the most jobs. The…

My favorite piece of art in this Capitol is a picture in the rotunda of our Founding Fathers gathered together to sign the Declaration of Independence, a document that they knew, when they signed it, they were signing their own death…

Senator McConnell is dead on point--land for peace. Give the Palestinians land and in return Israel gets peace. They gave the Gaza Strip to the Palestinians, and what have they gotten in return? They got 2,500 rockets in the last 3 weeks…

Absolutely. Mr. McCONNELL. We all remember that 10 or 12 years ago Israel--which had previously occupied Gaza for the purpose of preventing these types of devastating attacks--left. They said: We are through. They made a solid statement…

Mr. President, I return the compliment to Senator McConnell from Kentucky, the Republican leader. I have been here now since 2002. There is no better friend of the State of Israel than Mitch McConnell. He is the former chairman and ranking…