Having a letter like the one he received and having that conversation, that outlined the basic just atrocities if circumventing the chain of command in the Department of Justice.

No. I believe the president wanted to give Director Comey a chance, but he feels that he made the right decision.

Like I said, that is a matter of if and not when.

This is really an important thing as we go forward in trying to figure out some of our infrastructure problems.

I am going to be voting no on this 1,700- page bill. I am not blind to some of the good parts of the bill. It includes last year's Intelligence Authorization Act, and it includes some parts of the bill that I worked on that would…

we have to begin to not allow the distortion of terms or the outlawing of terms in Hong Kong or anywhere else.

I want to take this opportunity to highlight what I consider an unsung achievement of this administration and this Congress--the slow but steady rollback of the last administration's midnight regulations. The numbers are impressive. Using…

I do want to thank you all for taking the time to testify today, but, more importantly, for the work you do to inform the world about Beijing's continued encroachments on human rights and basic freedoms in Hong Kong.

One cannot be faulted for likening Mr. Xi's impending arrival to Hong Kong to that of a Roman emperor inspecting what he views as conquered lands.

I appreciate the work done together on this bill. I don't have any other speakers on this particular bill. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bacon). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman…

Today I rise in support of H.R. 1366, the U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act, and I thank my friend and colleague from New York for her exceptional efforts in designing and bringing this bill to us today. H.R. 1366 repeals a…

Again, I appreciate the gentlewoman from New York's views and her helpful work on this legislation. We have lost over the last 20 years some 50 percent of our public companies. When I was getting out of college, one of the great dreams in…

I thank my friend from Illinois for his comments and his constructive help on designing and completing the legislative process on this bill. Mr. Speaker, an integral process of getting this bill completed was certainly by our staff, and I…

Today I rise in support of H.R. 910, the Fair Access to Investment Research Act, which I have had the pleasure of working on with my friend from Illinois (Mr. Foster) in this Congress and now-Governor Carney in the last Congress. Mr…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to the witnesses for being here today.

I want to thank my friend from New York for her leadership and her voice on behalf of Puerto Rico and the islands in this regard, and for her long public service and particular leadership in this time of important change in Puerto Rico…

I thank my friend from Florida for the opportunity to speak on this bill. And as a member of the House Financial Services Committee, I am grateful for the bipartisan leadership in the Oversight and Government Reform Committee in bringing…

As Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac languish in Federal conservatorship following their collapse from the 2008 housing crisis, it is high time to apply FOIA to these GSEs and bring accountability and transparency for the American taxpayers.