Do you really think allowing men into the ladies restrooms at the Academy will inspire more female recruits?

I hope that you don't close your eyes or your ears, and I hope the policies will change at the Coast Guard.

I rise today with a motion to commit to instruct that H.R. 2 be added to this continuing resolution. H.R. 2 contains a comprehensive plan to secure the border, to stop catch-and-release, to build the wall, to stop visa overstays, and to…

I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Granger) that the House suspend the rules and pass the…

I have a motion at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Texas [Mr. Cruz] moves to commit the bill H.R. 7463 to the Committee on Appropriations of…

I thank Chairwoman Granger and Ranking Member DeLauro for their leadership. Mr. Speaker, 331 million Americans are depending on us to save their lives. If we do not vote today, we will cause the loss of life. We did not vote for the…

We have done the right thing. We have kept the government open, but there is much more to do. It is the wide- ranging responsibilities of the United States Congress. One of those responsibilities is to tell the truth of our history. This…

Let me be very clear: We cannot shut this government down. Mr. Speaker, 4 pages, 5 pages, or 20 pages of a stopgap measure, the government cannot shut down. The rules of this House and Senate require the Congress to do its work. As the…

It is important that the food and drug is able to be funded, that housing is able to be funded, and that the Department of Agriculture is able to be funded. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.

Let me say, Mr. Speaker, as I close, we must be responsible-- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman is no longer recognized. Members are reminded to direct their remarks to the Chair.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Hearing none, the question is on agreeing to the motion.

yesterday, my good friend Leader McConnell shared some big news. At the end of this year, he will step down as the Republican leader of the U.S. Senate after having served the longest tenure of any leader in Senate history. For more than…

I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, to my colleagues on either side of the aisle, we have a fundamental responsibility under the Constitution of the United States to use the power of the purse to…

I am. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would inquire whether the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) is opposed to the motion. Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, no. The SPEAKER pro tempore. As such, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Roy)…

Respecting my friend from Texas, I would say, where were my Democratic colleagues when we were passing H.R. 2, which would actually do the job of securing the border? It is hard for me to take seriously the claims of my Democratic…

Here we are again, kicking the can down the road and for other purposes, buying more time so that we can spend more money that we don't have at a time when we are going to eclipse more interest and more spending on interest than our…

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 1 minute remaining. The gentlewoman from Texas has 11\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I am proud that the Energy and Commerce Committee is championing nuclear energy, a clean, safe, and reliable energy source for which America should be paving the way. Going forward, it…