Mr. President, I am the son of an immigrant from East St. Louis, IL. As a reminder to myself, I keep my mother's naturalization certificate on a table behind my desk in the U.S. Capitol. She came to the United States from Lithuania…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1381 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 60, nays 37, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 202 Ex.] YEAS--60 Banks Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins Cornyn…

Madam President, let me just say that, at the VA, we recently passed the PACT Act, which added well over a million veterans to the rolls to help care for them after they were exposed to toxic substances. This is not the time to cut the…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 203 Ex.] YEAS--49 Banks Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins Cornyn…

I just want to set the record straight that the VA's population of employees did grow because of the PACT Act, a bill that was voted on and passed in a bipartisan way to save the lives of those veterans who would otherwise be dying if they…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 204 Ex.] YEAS--51 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins…

I announced that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan), and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays…

I take to the floor today to raise the alarm for the people of Illinois' Third Congressional District. Today, I am standing here for the 197,569 people, including 94,806 children and 22,000 seniors, whose Medicaid is at risk of being taken…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Mrs. Duckworth) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 66, nays 32, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 195 Ex.] YEAS--66 Banks Barrasso Bennet Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito…

Mr. President, the Senator has left the floor, but to follow up on the comments of the Senator of North Carolina, I would just say that we should all be reminded of the fact that half of the people in America do not know that their futures…

I thank the Congresswoman for her remarks. She is absolutely right. Our constituents deserve better. I will talk a little bit about what is at stake. You have heard already my colleagues talk about Medicaid. You have heard them talk about…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) is necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 60, nays 37, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 197 Ex.] YEAS--60 Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy…

I appreciate the comments of Congresswoman Tlaib. The gentlewoman is absolutely right. Our constituents do, in fact, deserve better. As I go back to the district and I look at the emails and the phone calls that are coming through, our…

I thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Kennedy) for his comments. Mr. Speaker, I have the opportunity and honor to serve with the gentleman on the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Every day, I see the work that he does to uphold the work…

Very clearly, I say to our veterans and the taxpayers that a partial claim bill would cure the problems that veterans are having with their home loans. If the ranking member and the other side of the aisle will work together with us, with…

I join with the ranking member and ask all of 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 gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Bost) that the…