Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Schweikert), one of the members of the Ways and Means Committee, who does great work.

Madam Speaker, in closing, I would just echo as we started. I thank my colleague from California (Ms. Judy Chu) for her efforts on this issue. I thank our chairman, Mr. Neal, who has artfully indicated his words on the Record in regard to…

Mr. President, I come to the floor just the day before Robert Mueller is set to come before the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees to focus attention on some of the key findings of the special counsel's report on Russia's…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Mueller Report

What type of message do you think it sends to the LGBTI community when the State Department... has a chair of a commission that has historically been used to discriminate against the LGBTQI community?

Respect for human rights and counterterrorism go hand-in-hand.

Are you aware that the chairwoman... has made disparaging comments and argued against the rights of LGBTI people?

Natural rights, 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal' and endowed with certain unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

What kind of message does that send to diplomats who serve our country in dangerous places around the world?

I certainly do, and if you could put in a word with your Senate colleagues, we would love to have the nominee confirmed to lead the office on a permanent basis.

I am not.

anyone but the President who committed those acts would be charged with obstruction of justice.

The message directed Sessions to give--and I am quoting from your report--to give a public speech saying that he planned to meet with the special prosecutor to explain this is very unfair and let the special prosecutor move forward with…

So, right after his White House counsel, Mr. McGahn, refused to follow the President's order to fire you, the President came up with a new plan, and that was to go around to all of his senior advisers and government aides to have a private…

An unsuccessful attempt to obstruct justice is still a crime. Is that correct?

As Congressman Malinowski well knows, it is the principal organ within the U.S. Government that monitors and advocates for the promotion of human rights around the world.

A concise version of it is the law that is natural to human beings qua human beings.

We recognize that it is a significant terrorist threat.