the parks are not America's greatest idea--baseball is. The parks are just nice.

last week families across the Nation gathered in gratitude to celebrate Thanksgiving--the holiday we commemorate in remembrance of our Pilgrim ancestors. With humble appreciation, we venerate the sacrifice of America's early settlers. We…

There are a lot of benefits to our country that come from having an All-Volunteer Force.

I do think that there's a need for a commitment to national service.

I think the use of the Reserves talks to the involvement of the community.

Some have argued that the All-Volunteer Force creates a circumstance in which the burdens--the risks and the real-world consequences of war disproportionately affect members of the military and their families.

I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to complete my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I want to thank all those involved because, as was noted earlier, every life in this building and across this country and across the world has been touched by breast cancer. I lost my mom to breast cancer. I lost my dad to cancer as…

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Wyoming (Mrs. Lummis).

I thank you again for the opportunity to be here today, and I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Inversions like these are some of the clearest examples of base erosion and are largely motivated by tax considerations.

I do not think it is necessarily going to drive U.S. researchers, and the ownership of IP, out of the U.S. overnight.

The administration's response to the wave of inversions has, in my opinion, been short-sighted, focusing only on the symptoms rather than the underlying illness.

The United States must not buckle under pressure to do so in the case of BEPS.

There are concerns about taxpayer confidentiality in the Master File reports.

It is paramount that Congress prevent the U.S. Treasury from unilaterally fulfilling the OECD's wish to rewrite global tax rules without democratic oversight.

if you shudder, colleagues, at these tax-avoidance schemes; if you really get angry about matters like the double Irish with a Dutch sandwich; if you want to crack down on it, you have to be for comprehensive tax reform.

I just hope that we can figure out a way, on a bipartisan basis, to fix this.