Madam Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Madam Chair, to address my colleague's point, again, it is not the FEC that is going to do the study. It is an independent study that will be done, be commissioned to be…

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 28, insert after line 12 the following: SEC. 118. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON MEDIA LITERACY AND…

Madam Chair, if only my colleague had actually read and understood the bill, he would know that it is an independent study. I think that would make a difference in how, perhaps, he felt about the bill. Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the…

Madam Chair, may I inquire how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Rhode Island has 2 minutes remaining.

Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chair, it is quite evident that our democracy is under attack from concerted foreign influence campaigns, and online disinformation is one of our enemies' most potent weapons…

Mr. President, I rise to highlight my concerns about ongoing Russian information warfare operations against the American people, including the upcoming 2020 Presidential elections, the lack of a unified strategy from the administration to…

Mr. President, I rise today in support of H.R. 3055, which includes the fiscal year 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, or the T-HUD, Appropriations bill. I have worked closely with Chairman Collins…

I hope that you hear from this committee a bipartisan sense of disgust at the policy of the President--that it has harmed our standing in the world and has betrayed an important ally to the United States.

we will not endorse it, we will not support your actions, and our troops will get out of the way

we had three goals in Syria: first, enduring defeat of ISIS; second, political solution in Syria; and third, the removal of Iranian forces.

last week the President of the United States gave a thumbs up to an act of ethnic cleansing.

Putin has long played a very prominent role in Syria and he thinks--he sees this as playing an even more prominent role.

It was an invitation to do it and that undermined national security interests of this country.

It was a dumb idea for the President to do it.

I have to say that last week the President of the United States gave a thumbs up to an act of ethnic cleansing.

I was pleased to learn last week that the U.K. and the EU had reached an agreement, which is supported by the government of Ireland, that would preserve free movement of goods and people between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Our entire committee is in your debt for those updates, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you so much. I yield back, Mr. Chairman.