No matter where an Attorney General comes from, he or she has the duty described yesterday by one of my Democratic colleagues as enforcing the law fairly, evenly and without personal bias.

We are pleased that you are here today and we are pleased that you are willing to testify for and on his behalf.

the Justice Department, under the outgoing administration, reneged on its duty to do so in a number of respects.

U.S. Government officials in all three branches of government...are expected...to look out for basic structural protections in the Constitution like federalism.

Our Federal Government was always intended as a limited-purpose national government, not a general-purpose national government.

I have enjoyed working with you over the last 6 years and always found you to be someone who treats colleagues, regardless of differing viewpoints, with dignity and respect.

We have seen a slow but steady drift over the last 80 years away from this principle of federalism.

Federalism is an issue that is near and dear to many of us, and I know it is important to you.

[R]emoving Director Cordray would be consistent with President Trump's oath to `preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States' and his duty to serve as an independent guardian of the U.S. Constitution.

I rise today in support of S. Con. Res. 3 and the ongoing effort to repeal the most harmful elements of the so- called Affordable Care Act. While our friends on the other side of the aisle have been trying to convince the American people…

in the final hour of our legislative business early last December 10, we passed a remarkable bill. It had no ideological division, did not cost the taxpayers a dime, and will benefit Americans in every part of the country. And, like the…

I urge its passage. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Chaffetz) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 73. The question was…

This is a very good bill brought to us by lead sponsor Mr. Walberg of Michigan who has done considerable work on this not only at this point, but in Congresses of the past. We have cosponsorship from a number of people on both sides of the…

I urge the passage of this bill, H.R. 69. We have had four good champions led by Mr. Blum of Iowa in our committee who have helped put this together: Mr. Meadows of North Carolina, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, and Mr. Cummings, the ranking…

As has been highlighted here by Mr. Clay and by me, there is good bipartisan work that has gone on for far too long. It is time to pass this bill. I really do appreciate the good work Mr. Duncan of Tennessee has done and the work of…

First, let me note in the last Congress this legislation passed out of committee by regular order and passed the House on January 11, 2016. The Office of Special Counsel is tasked with protecting Federal employees from prohibited personnel…

I thank the Committee on Ways and Means for their work on the bill, and I include the committee exchange of letters into the Record. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Washington, DC, January 4, 2017…

I have no additional speakers. I continue to reserve the balance of my time.