Mr. President, I wish to also talk about an issue that has not made it into the Defense authorization bill, unlike the amendment that Senator Tillis and I support. Sadly, help for the Afghans who aided our troops in the war in Afghanistan…

Mr. President, I am pleased to join Senator Tillis on the floor today as he discusses Turkey and Pastor Andrew Brunson. I applaud Senator Tillis for his continued commitment in seeking justice for Pastor Brunson. Since March, Senator…

I am concerned that despite acknowledging the threat posed by China in the global race to 5G--and I am right with my colleagues, we have to win that race.

This deal was made despite the fact that ZTE created serious cybersecurity vulnerabilities for the United States and has blatantly violated U.S. trade sanctions by making sales to Iran and North Korea.

I have worked across the aisle with Senator Gardner, and now with Senators Perdue and Tester, on the AIRWAVES Act.

Having accurate data and maps will undoubtedly provide great benefits to the American people by highlighting what areas of our country need the most immediate investment and attention.

This is a great array of bills.

I support Mr. Denham's bill with regard to medical waste. I am a cosponsor of that bill.

It is very disturbing to me that the President is making decisions that impact our national security without even bringing the right experts into the room.

To me, this is a basic fairness issue. We shouldn't be giving drug companies tax breaks on the billions of dollars they spend on advertising, advertising that hikes up costs for consumers while Americans struggle to afford the rising cost…

In my view, this represents an important step toward transparency, and despite this Administration's silence when the bill was introduced, I'm really glad you are now looking into this idea.

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5- minutes votes on: Passage of the…

I oppose the bill in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5895 to the Committee on Appropriations…

Mr. Speaker, this is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill nor send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage as amended. As a member of the House Veterans' Affairs…

Thank you very much, and congratulations. We are pleased to have you on board as our chair.

I think this is something that we have got consensus on. We want to move forward.

So I guess--and I want to share the Ranking Member's concern about the testimony about women veterans, birth defects.

I think for us, and what you are hearing from us, and it may take bipartisan legislation that we would draft to put together to say we should have a presumption because I don't see why there is any reason to wait.