We appreciate your preaching job for today, and we appreciate all of you for being here.

I rise today to honor Dr. Jim Rollins, an Arkansan who has dedicated his life to public education. Dr. Rollins is the superintendent of the Springdale, AR, public schools, where he has served since 1980. Dr. Rollins started his career in…

I think we can all agree that we would not like to see an infusion of taxpayer cash repeatedly into the program.

It is $25 billion in debt. And while the program does help some Americans with moderate incomes, as well as farmers, it also takes money from working-class Americans to subsidize beach homes for the rich.

when President Trump began his campaign for the White House, he made national security and, in particular, homeland security a cornerstone of his platform. His calls to secure the border to keep terrorists off U.S. soil and to protect our…

I thank the gentleman. Reclaiming my time, I recognize that. But the American people, Mr. Leader, want us to work to correct the deficiencies in the Affordable Care Act, to repeal and replace it, make it better for the American people, to…

The distinguished minority leader from Maryland certainly knows my great affection for him and his leadership of the opposition. We are the opposition here. I have to say that should he not have access to C-SPAN, like all of us, we invite…

Speaking of countries without vital strategic interest in Latin America, let us turn to Iran.

What is the level of political consensus and stability between the north and the south in that country right now?

The Budget Control Act is not the Constitution, and the 112th Congress was not the Constitutional Convention. We should simply repeal it.

I join the chorus of people, particularly those with strong opinions on this side of the dais, as we celebrate the appointment of Dr. Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

So Hezbollah, a declared terrorist organization that operates in the Middle East, is responsible in part for the drug flow in Latin America that has had the impact that you have heard Senators on this dais talk about today, killing…

Russia is attempting to increase their influence throughout the Middle East.

If Vladimir Putin wanted, he could hold United States troops in Europe at risk with nuclear-armed cruise missiles.

I consider it one of the great honors in Congress to serve on the Defense Appropriations Committee with some real champions for national security: guys like Rodney Frelinghuysen, the overall chairman; Chairwoman Kay Granger from the…

A decade from now, ALCMs will not be able to penetrate Russian air defenses, and, therefore, there is an urgency to their replacement.

I think it is key to ensure that Pakistan and Afghanistan have a very good relationship.

the Budget Control Act must be repealed.