This morning, I want to discuss the issue of security with my colleagues--economic security, retirement security, and national security--three issues that probably right now in my conversations with constituents is what we hear the most…

Let me thank the gentleman for yielding, and for introducing this amendment, and for his leadership to end waste, fraud, and abuse at the Pentagon. This amendment, which I am proud to cosponsor, would stop Republicans from using the…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Polis The Acting CHAIR. It is…

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 subtitle E of title XII, add the following: SEC. 12XX. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF…

First let me just thank the Committee on Rules Chairman Sessions and Ranking Member Slaughter and all of the members of the committee for making this amendment in order. My amendment is very straightforward. It would, after 90 days of…

I want to encourage all my colleagues to read this report. It shows that this authorization has, in fact, become that blank check for war. In the more than 14 years since its passage, it has been used 37 times in 14 countries to wage war…

Let me just make one comment before yielding to my colleague from Minnesota. First, the President has sent over an AUMF. He sent this over 15 months ago. The Speaker yet has to take this Authorization for Use of Military Force up. The…

I will just close by saying my amendment is enacted 90 days after the signing of this law. That means we have 90 days to debate and vote upon an ISIL-specific Authorization for Use of Military Force. We need to do our job. We have a…

I want to first thank Congressman Polis for yielding time and for his work to ensure that our Nation's fiscal security is secure through this amendment. It is an honor to cosponsor this amendment with him. I want to thank the ranking…

First, let me thank Congressman Ellison for yielding and for his tremendous leadership. This amendment is extremely important. Today I rise to urge my colleagues to support this amendment and, really, allow our ground commanders to do…

I thank Congresswoman Lowey for yielding and also for her very steady and effective leadership on our committee. Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Labor-HHS and State and Foreign Operations subcommittees, I rise today in strong opposition to…

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 first thank the gentlewoman from Ohio for those very kind and humbling remarks. I want to thank her for her tremendous leadership and for continuing to come down here each and every week to ensure that her voice, the Congressional Black…

Opioid addiction has proven to destroy hope, it destroys opportunity, and it is destroying families. Certainly we see this across the country, but we are also seeing the devastating effects of addiction in Tennessee. Tennessee has the…

Mr. President, I rise to pay tribute to a man who was truly a giant in my home State of Utah and in this institution, the U.S. Senate. He was a friend to everyone he met and someone whose life of service to the people of Utah we celebrate…

Today on our calendar we have got about 10 bills dealing with a very serious issue in America: opioids and heroin. This is an awful problem we have in our Nation. There is more and more use of opioids and heroin and death resulting from it…

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 city of Memphis and the United States lost a great clergyman and civil rights leader this past week in Reverend Samuel ``Billy'' Kyles. Samuel ``Billy'' Kyles was born in Mississippi, moved to Chicago, but found his home and his…