Joe Manchin is never going to be beat by a progressor candidate. He`s in a state that Donald Trump won by 40 points.

Politics is not checkers. Politics is chess. And what people have to remember, there has to be a plan here.

We have the ability to force votes now which we did not have. We have the ability of forcing the Republicans to vote against bills that 90 percent of Americans wants. That`s what we should be doing repeatedly to drive the message home…

That is why we worked to ensure WRDA 2020 directed the Corps to evaluate ways to reduce flood risks.

Thank you, Chair Napolitano and Ranking Member Rouzer, for holding this important hearing.

Are there other terrorist groups that pose a serious threat to the United States, but do not have enough of an Al Qaeda or Taliban nexus?

Where is the budget plan for all of that? Where is the accounting for how high those taxes will need to go...

I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for organizing our hearing today.

As Speaker Pelosi likes to say, show me your budget, show me your values.

It is no secret that Democrats wish to impose some form of a green new deal like program on America...

What are we then to take by a lack of budget from the President over 60 days into his presidency?

I look forward to working together to enact another WRDA into law in 2022.

I really would encourage you to look at implementation issues problems because it is going to be one thing to have a plan, but if you can't implement it, it is going to be another pretty big problem.

Many of the provisions included in WRDA 2020 will have positive impacts throughout the country and our economy.

It is costing taxpayers roughly $775 per day to provide room and board for each unaccompanied minor who crosses the southern border.

I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Smith of Missouri moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 1868 to the Committee on the Budget. The…

I would like to remind the gentlewoman from Illinois that actions speak louder than words, and that the Democrats did not help the folks in 2017, since the gentlewoman tried to point out the hypocrisy. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the…

Let's put the healthcare of our seniors ahead of prisoners, illegal immigrants, and the political class. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.