Last week, the largest caucus here in the House of Representatives, the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, which is made up of Republicans and Democrats, had its normal yearly shoot, which consists of trap, skeet, and sporting clays, and…

I thank the gentleman. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, 5-minute voting will continue. There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro…

I find it would be irresponsible if I didn't mention this. It sounds like the lightbulb has come on for my colleague from Maryland. He now says that we should replace the sequester. I only wish that that lightbulb had come on when the…

Our economy is improving, the national debt is going down faster than expected, and yet sequestration is still in effect and causing real and long-reaching harm in our communities. Republicans appear prepared to sacrifice our country's…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I want to thank my colleagues, Congressman Jeffries and Congressman Horsford, for once again leading the Congressional Black Caucus Special Order. I cannot think of a more timely topic for today's…

Let me also join my colleagues in thanking Mr. Jeffries and Mr. Horsford for leading the Congressional Black Caucus' important discussion about rising burdens of student loans on our families and on our economy. Higher education is a major…

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss one of the most important and significant reforms of our Nation's agriculture in decades. The Agriculture Reform, Food, and JOBS Act of 2013, known around here as the farm bill, is the product of…

Mr. President, 50 years ago, in August 1963, Martin Luther King wrote, ``Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.'' When a factory full of human beings collapses in Bangladesh, it matters in Bucyrus and Boardman and…

It is literally ``lights out'' at our military bases. Next to me is a photo that ran the other weekend in my hometown newspaper, which shows darkened hallways at the largest Air Force base in the world, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am, indeed, honored to join you and the rest of our colleagues here in sharing some thoughts on what the American people now should expect in the coming months and years from the administration's so-called…

Yeah, that was pretty much the case. I started to challenge him to a Monopoly game because that's funny money. That's a way of manipulating the numbers, and that's more of the dishonesty that's being perpetrated on the American people with…

Absolutely. Every time we asked Mr. Cohen who are premiums going to go down for, he avoided the question. He couldn't tell us that premiums were going to go down for anyone. We asked him, Are they going to go down for the young? Are they…

Just this past Sunday, our Nation celebrated Mother's Day, a day that honors the mothers of our Republic. In March, we observed Women's History Month, honoring the progress toward full equality of over half our population. Thus, one would…

Mr. President, today I wish to recognize the 50th anniversary of Stepping Stones Center, which serves the needs of people with disabilities in Greater Cincinnati and inspires independence and pathways to helping people achieve their…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and ask unanimous consent to insert my statement in the Record opposing the GOP's shameful Mother's Day gift--more work and less pay for working moms. Happy Mother's Day. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…

It has now been more than 2 months since mindless sequestration across-the-board cuts were enacted, crippling so many important services and benefits that Americans rely on, such as Social Security processing at Social Security offices…

I ask unanimous consent to insert my statement in the Record opposing the GOP's appalling Mother's Day gift--more work and less pay for working moms. And that's a Happy Mother's Day? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide a multiagency effort to slow the…