You can not rebuild your civilization with somebody else's babies. You've got to keep your birth rate up, and that you need to teach your children your values.

Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 150. The Acting CHAIR. There being no further amendments, under the rule, the Committee rises. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the…

Mr. President, the other body spent yesterday and well into the night to vote out bills that would repeal and reform ObamaCare. I do not know exactly what is going to happen in the other body on that issue, but I would like to add some…

Mr. Speaker, I would just summarize this case in that it is not only me, it is not Mr. Buck alone, it is not Mr. Sessions alone, it is the American people who are calling out for this kind of relief. It is not just the American people--we…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding. I especially thank him for bringing this legislation before this Congress. I rise in support of this rule and the underlying bill. We are addressing the topic that we used to…

I also agree with your remarks about our failing acquisition system. As you say, taking 10 years to develop a weapons system will leave us behind our adversaries.

I have often thought that it should be one of their peers rather than like the old lady of the battalion standing in front of them and lecturing them.

Today I am introducing a bill with Senator Gillibrand that would require each branch of the military to educate servicemembers on sexual assault prevention before they actually leave for boot camp.

I think there could be some potential savings if we are looking at systems that could be modified, taken off the shelf and used for our soldiers.

Absolutely. I would agree wholeheartedly.

President Trump today is saying that he does support leaving troops in Iraq in the fight against ISIS.

I think it is important that we are able to move rapidly.

I absolutely 100 percent agree with you.

active engagement between the United States and our partner countries is very critical to maintaining the stability in that region.

How important is it that we are able to rapidly develop things like directed energy weapons and swarming micro-drones?

It is up to all of us to work together, exchange information, and attempt to remove the conditions that lead to radicalization.

We see they are engaged in a very aggressive misinformation campaign, basically peddling the story that the United States is not a reliable partner in Latin America.

I think everything should be on the table at this point in reassuring and assisting our allies, our friends in the Balkans.