In Texas, the department of public safety released a report that, between 2008 and 2014, foreign aliens committed over 600,000 crimes and almost 3,000 murders in the State of Texas. That is the reason that we come here to address this…

I come to the floor this morning to talk for a few minutes about the primary issue that my constituents are talking about right now, and that is the issue of national security, homeland security, and how what is happening in the world is…

It is just their routine nature. This was not the first time they had done this. In listening to them, that is made very apparent.

I thank the gentleman. And I thank the gentleman for his leadership in organizing this hour. Mr. Speaker, we come to the floor tonight as mothers and grandmothers and dads and granddads, and we come with such heavy hearts and with such a…

Mr. President, I am here with our senior Senator Lamar Alexander to speak on something very tragic that occurred in our State and in my hometown. I rise to honor the lives of five American heroes--the five American heroes we honor today…

Last Thursday was a very difficult day in my beautiful hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was a day of horror; it was a day of terror, and it was a day like no other I have lived in my life. Today, I am joined in this great House by my…

Mr. President, I wish to join our senior Senator in expressing our deep sorrow for those who have been affected and extending our thoughts and prayers to the families. Details are still emerging. We believe this took place in multiple…

Let me just start by thanking my colleague and my neighbor in the East Bay, Congressman DeSaulnier, for organizing this very important and long overdue Special Order. Since being elected to the House, Congressman DeSaulnier, you have…

Let me start by thanking Bonnie Watson Coleman for leading this important special order and for her leadership on these issues. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, President Obama announced that the United States--along with our P5+1 negotiating…

The city of Memphis lost one of its most outstanding citizens on Sunday evening. D'Army Bailey, who had served as a judge in circuit court for nearly two decades, was a national figure, recognized for such in The New York Times yesterday…

Sitting here listening to my colleagues, I find it just so incredibly interesting that nearly everyone that is coming to the floor today is talking about an issue that centers on our Nation's security, whether it is our national security…

Mr. President, I ask to call up and make pending the Lee amendment No. 2162. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Utah [Mr. Lee] proposes an…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator Paul be added as a cosponsor to my amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Coats). Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.

Mr. President, parents and teachers all across America are frustrated by Washington, DC's heavyhanded, overly prescriptive approach to public education policy. I have heard from countless moms and dads in Utah who feel as though anonymous…

I do, indeed. The gentlewoman makes a point that is so very important, the readiness and the ability to fight 21st-century warfare on a lot of different fronts. Madam Speaker, my colleagues and I will say part of that is naming and knowing…

I thank the gentlewoman from North Carolina for pulling us together. Madam Speaker, when you talk about issues that are women's issues, right now national security is at the top of the heap. As we have talked about soccer moms and Walmart…

Mr. President, my amendment would clarify that parents--not the Federal Government--are the primary educators of their children. It would ensure that parents may allow their children to opt out of federally mandated tests. Now, the Senator…