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Mr. President, I rise to recognize National Rural Health Day. I would like to take a moment to recognize our rural health care providers and all they do for this country. Approximately 62 million Americans live in rural areas and they…
Mr. President, I am proud to introduce my comprehensive proposal to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, the main law governing institutions of higher education in this country. My bill, the Higher Education Affordability Act, is the…
Mr. President, I wish to pay tribute and to extend my thanks to an extraordinary individual, Jenelle Krishnamoorthy, who has served on my staff, with one small interruption of service, for a decade. Jenelle came to my staff in the summer…
Is the adjournment resolution more broad than this? The reason I am asking is because, if we have an emergency, are we able to return at the call of the Chair? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is correct that the House adopted an…
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the order of the House of today, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 1 o'clock and 5 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until Monday, December…
Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to be recognized by you to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives in this great deliberative body that we are. I come to the floor at a time when America is anxiously…
Mr. Presidet, this morning we convened a hearing to consider the President's nomination of Lauren McFerran to fill an impending vacancy on the National Labor Relations Board. Ms. McFerran is well known to most of us as a senior staffer on…
He has no constitutional authority to do this. That resides in the Congress. This is a constitutional crisis.
22 times he says - he said that he doesn't have the power to do this and yet he stepped out and did this anyway.
The president has thrown us into this situation, and now there are 535 members of Congress who have all taken an oath to also uphold the Constitution.
I have this sickening feeling in my stomach about the situation that the president has thrown this nation into.
If we let this stand, I can't see that we could ever put the rule of law back together with regard to immigration.
Mr. President, first let me thank my friend and colleague for his lifetime characteristic which is being very gracious and very generous in his remarks. Chuck Grassley and I have served together since 1974. I like to tell people that in…
Mr. President, I rise today to celebrate the 75th birthday of my friend and longtime colleague from our home State of Iowa, Senator Tom Harkin. As the Presiding Officer knows, Senator Harkin will be retiring from public office in a few…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Mary Futcher, a detailee on my staff from the Department of Justice, be granted the privilege of the floor for the remainder of this session of Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…
I thank my colleague for his kind remarks and for being here and for serving the people of Iowa. Mr. President, I wish to take 4 more minutes to speak on another subject. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Coons). Is there objection? Without…
Mr. President, on Saturday, many children and families around the country will celebrate National Adoption Day. It's a day that many adoptions are finalized and youth find their forever families. It's very comforting and fitting that this…