I appreciate the work of the Senator from Delaware on our committee. He is one of the good people around here. ____________________

I wish to honor a native Utahn and dear friend on the occasion of her 80th birthday. Carolyn Lucile McDonald Shipp was born on December 5, 1935, in the L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. She is the first living child born to Andrew…

I rise in strong support of the current plan to procure around 2,500 F-35s for our men and women in uniform. Recently, I understand the chairman of the Armed Services Committee called upon Congress to cut the number of F-35s our Armed…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Religious Liberty In America

freedom of religion is one of the foundational principles of the Republic. It has long been central to our identity as a self-governing people, and as a cause, it has long enjoyed wide support across partisan and ideological divides for…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Iowa will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

Will the Chair advise me as to how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Wisconsin has 3 minutes remaining.

This has been misnamed as a transparency bill. It is not a transparency bill. This cost benefit bill literally is a race-to-the-courthouse bill, and we would just be in an endless litigious position. We are already late with the…

I want to thank the ranking member. Here we have another Delta amendment once again. The Ex-Im Bank already, Mr. Chairman, has a process in place for providing public notice and comment. Companies can provide feedback, which the board…

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR (Ms. Foxx). The gentlewoman from Wisconsin is recognized for 5 minutes.

This amendment would not only undo all of Dodd-Frank but all financial market regulations past, present, and future. I support the cost-benefit analyses mandates that are already contained in Federal securities laws and in President…

I appreciate the fact that the gentleman has claimed that he is restricting this to the highway bill; but, again, it is problematic because it would really impose cost-benefit analyses on all rulemaking under the highway bill, as amended…

Yesterday, President Obama issued an executive memorandum that could turn into one of the most far-reaching and devastating environmental regulations in history. This document, which holds the same weight as an executive order, aims to…

These amendments are getting more and more strange as the evening wears on. The favorite indictment of this Bank, I think, is that it picks winners and losers, and yet here is an amendment that does exactly that. It puts these artificial…

Obviously, they don't get what a sovereign wealth fund is. It just is a balance of payments between countries, and I think that it is a dilatory argument.

I thank the ranking member. I want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for accepting my amendments on the DBE prompt payment issue, and to allow teen driving safety grants to be used to help fund school-based driver's education to…

I, too, oppose this amendment. This amendment incorrectly presumes that sovereign wealth funds have some special linkage to export financing. Sovereign wealth funds do not have a direct link to export credit financing. The gentleman is…

I think it is important to talk about other reforms to SSDI, but I do want to highlight the fact that the private group long-term disability insurance, according to one study, already saves federal programs $2 billion a year.