the most important thing that we ought to be concerned about here.

Now, where is the accountability?

The Constitution confers the power to make immigration laws to Congress.

I appreciate the opportunity to say something about our retiring members.

President Obama's latest action on immigration is a culmination of a pattern of abuse of power.

This Administration has also failed to enforce the laws in the Interior.

Mr. President, I would like to take this time to honor an extraordinary Iowa teacher who has had a positive impact on a great many students. Ms. Clemencia Spizzirri was recently announced as the 2015 Iowa Teacher of the Year. This award…

Mr. President, this week it seems that the Senate is finally ready to take up and pass a tax extenders bill. Congress' procrastination on tax extenders has been causing a lot of headaches and indigestion to many of my constituents back…

I do not understand the sensitivities that universities have about the rape on campus. I think a crime of rape off campus or a crime of rape on campus ought to be treated the same way.

The sooner it is treated the same way, the sooner that the message is going to get out that you cannot get away with something on a campus that you could not get away with someplace else.

Mr. President, I speak in support of the nomination of Lauren McFerran to fill an approaching vacancy on the National Labor Relations Board. I was heartened by the recent cloture vote in support of the McFerran nomination and urge my…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Zachary Gross, Katy Crabtree, and Emalee Barto, interns with the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of today's session and that…

I thank the gentleman from Idaho for yielding to the gentleman from Iowa. There are about four people on the floor right now that do know the difference. I rise today, Madam Speaker, to give a great message of gratitude and thanks to…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and the privilege to address you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise to address the underlying bill that we refer to around this Hill now as the Yoho bill, H.R. 5759. I appreciate the gentleman from Florida…

Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, and I always appreciate that opportunity to come here and voice some of the things that are expressions often of the voices of…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 5 o'clock and 34 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until Monday, December 8, 2014, at noon for morning-hour debate…

I wish to take a moment to introduce and thank our guest Chaplain today. Dr. Calvin French is the pastor emeritus for the Community of Christ Church in Washington, DC, where he served that congregation for 30 years before retiring. He has…

Mr. President, I come to the floor today to talk about ``Zero Dark Thirty''--not the movie but a report on the movie. The report was supposed to tell us how the movie's producers obtained top- secret information from the Federal…