Having seen the outcome of the last vote where there was one Member of the other side and four Members of this side, and the vote was given to the other side, I just think that it would be best for the process if I withdrew this amendment…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Line 6 on the first page, strike ``No'' and insert ``Except as provided in subsection (c), no''. After line 18 on…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Cohen The CHAIR. It is now in order to…

In Memphis, Tennessee, today our director of police, Toney Armstrong, announced he would be leaving his position. Director Armstrong served the city of Memphis as a policeman since 1989. In 2011, he became the director of police, the…

We closed the last year of Congress with some very productive work on both sides of the aisle: we passed a transportation bill; we reformed No Child Left Behind; we passed the tax extenders bill; and we passed an omnibus bill. I thank…

We ended the 2015 Congress working together with a tax extender package that I voted for that gave relief to the medical device folks in an omnibus bill. But we are back, and there you go again trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act…

The lie of the year for 2013 was that dubious phrase, ``If you like your health care, you can keep it.'' We know that the deception has become obvious. And what we do know is that 7 million Americans lost their employer-sponsored health…

This is the last day of the first session of the 114th Congress. I have served here for 9 years. I am proud to be a Member, and I look forward to continuing to be a Member in the future. In the last 2 months of this year, we have gotten a…

Mr. President, as we continue consideration of the omnibus, I rise today to applaud the inclusion of language I coauthored with Senator Mark Warner that will ensure that the fate of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac--entities…

Mr. President, I also rise to applaud Congress for including important funding in the Omnibus appropriations bill that will help in our efforts to fight human trafficking and slavery around the world through the End Modern Slavery…

Let me thank the gentlewoman from California, once again, for being here and for her leadership. We have legislation, H.R. 3238, to lift the embargo; H.R. 664; and H.R. 403, also to lift the embargo and travel ban. I yield back the balance…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and, really, thank the Progressive Caucus for allowing me to use the remainder of this time. Thank you for your very steady and clear and very powerful leadership. Let me say, Mr. Speaker, that today…

Mr. President, here we are again: another year of legislative dysfunction capped by an undemocratic, unrepublican process that uses the threat of another manufactured crisis to impose on an unwilling country the same broken government…

Absolutely. Thank you, Congressman Farr. I now yield to Congresswoman Karen Bass, who has been a great leader for many, many years. In the day, I think Congresswoman Bass was really very clear on why we needed normal relations and should…

Thank you, Congressman Farr. Let me thank you for laying out much of the history and the rationale for what seems so simple, to normalize relations between our country and Cuba. And December 17 marks another milestone, and that is the…

Mr. Conyers is the ranking member, and I appreciate his support just as I appreciate Mr. Goodlatte for bringing this bill to the floor. Bills don't get to the floor without the chairman of the committee having recommended them; so I thank…

Tomorrow the House will vote on an omnibus spending bill, and I look forward to supporting that bill because it does so much good for America, moves us forward, and brings us together as a body to move America forward. Included in there is…

Today I rise to honor the 99th birthday of a great American: Kirk Douglas. I read about Mr. Douglas' birthday in the paper where he didn't receive gifts, but gave gifts. He gave a $15 million contribution to an Alzheimer's home in…