Mr. President, we heard a whole lot about the tax bill the Republicans passed, and it basically works like this: We borrow $1.5 trillion from our children and we give that money to the richest Americans. And then when there is a little bit…

Mr. President, for the elite, the powerful and the well connected, the Republican tax law has turned out to be manna from Washington. The benefits of the tax law are about as one-sided as it gets, and middle-class Americans come up on the…

Mr. President, Mr. Russell Vought is nominated to be the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. My view is, he has radically misguided budget priorities. He has long opposed bipartisan compromise. I am especially concerned…

Mr. President, I rise today to honor the extraordinary life and work of one of Oregon's finest, Ursula K. Le Guin, who, after a long life, passed away in my hometown of Portland on January 22 at the age of 88. You would have a tough time…

Mr. President, in a truly dubious distinction, this week marks the 7th year since tens of thousands of Bahraini citizens took to the streets of Manama in protest. These brave men and women put themselves at great risk to demand greater…

Madam President, right now it is estimated that 700,000 Dreamers face the very real threat that they may be ripped from the only life and the only country they have ever known. These are young people who have grown up in America. They go…

When the Americans with Disabilities Act was first signed into law, President George H.W. Bush praised this bill for its assurance ``that people with disabilities [were] given the basic guarantees for which they have worked so long and so…

Mr. President, our Constitution begins with three very simple and very powerful words: ``We the People.'' It is the mission statement for our Nation, for our Constitution. It is a vision in which decisions are made of, by, and for the…

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

This is a tough night for those of us on the Energy and Commerce Committee. We come to the floor tonight to pay honor to our staff director Ray Baum, who passed away after a valiant multiyear fight with cancer. He left this world on…

I thank Mr. Carter for those wonderful words. I know Ray had such great respect for the gentleman from Georgia and other colleagues on both sides of the aisle in the committee. The working relationships that he developed were almost unlike…

I thank Congressman Cramer. I appreciate his coming down here tonight and sharing his thoughts. I think he really summed it up well. Now the chairman of the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, Bob Latta, who was the…

I thank the gentleman both for his wonderful words about Ray and also his terrific record of public service here in this institution. I know we have a couple other Members who have come down tonight. I think this really speaks volumes…

I thank the gentleman for his very kind and thoughtful remarks and his tribute to a really great public servant. I think he hit the nail on the head. Ray's having served and having gone through elections gave him that perspective. And…

I thank Morgan for those comments. He always maintained such a wonderful sense of humor about his own predicament knowing that there was a timeline. He had been given 3 to 5 years because of the bone cancer. He went through the treatments…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Carter). Buddy Carter is a distinguished member of our committee. He worked with him on a lot of different issues, healthcare, and different…

Had I been present for the vote today on H.R. 4533--To designate the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lexington, Kentucky, as the ``Lexington VA Health Care System'' and to make certain other designations…

Mr. President, we hear a lot in this Chamber about family values. We hear from Democrats and we hear from Republicans about the need to support and improve the strength of families across our Nation. What are the things that really do…