I do not believe that the Government should hinder a doctor's ability to act in the best interest of his or her patient.

This hearing is another attempt to distract from the Democratic Party's agenda to establish Government-run, single-payer healthcare.

Mr. Chairman, I rise to speak on my amendment to H.R. 840, Kuster amendment No. 14. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, line 3, insert ``to'' after ``required''. Page…

Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from New Hampshire (Ms. Kuster). The amendment was agreed…

Mr. Chairman, first, I thank the members of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee and our new leader, Mark Takano. Time and again, this committee proves that Congress can work across the aisle to pass commonsense policy to improve the…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Tennessee for his kind words. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano).

So how could we change? Could we have social workers at that initial moment to sort this out?

I would far rather have those children in a loving home with a parent, a grandparent, someone who will care for them, than to have them separated and placed in an agency.

The consequences of separation of children from their parents will be lifelong.

Madam Speaker, yesterday, I welcomed a transgender veteran from New Hampshire named Tavion as my guest to the State of the Union. I am proud to say that he was warmly received here in the people's House. Tavion didn't give a big speech…

Can you promise me that there's no agency across this country where ORR has placed a child that has somehow slipped into a State court?

Help me understand how those children's rights are being protected.

What could this committee, what could we in Congress be doing differently?

Mr. President, I rise to join my colleague from Maine in discussing the Retirement Security Act. I first just want to start by thanking Senator Collins for her work on this bipartisan bill, the other bill she discussed, and for her…

Madam President, I want to start by thanking my colleague, Senator Whitehouse from Rhode Island, not only for his remarks today but for his leadership on this issue. I rise today to join him in highlighting the toll climate change is…

Madam President, after the longest shutdown in government history, Federal employees across the country are finally returning to work. National parks are reopening, grant programs are up and running again, and those who depend on essential…

Mr. President, I join with my colleagues here in saying how disappointed I was that today's vote to reopen the government immediately while we keep negotiating to address border security was defeated, but I am encouraged by the bipartisan…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to call for an immediate end to President Trump's irresponsible and unnecessary government shutdown which has now entered its 26th day. People in my home State of New Hampshire and across this country are suffering and…