Our competitors are steadily pursuing advanced capabilities and technologies, and I, too, believe we have to continue to invest in both research and development of advanced technologies and transitioning them as soon as possible to the…

I do not want to be in a position in which the budget does not authorize funding for coastal projects, that it is $40 million out of $1.4 billion, with the result that people do not apply because they look at that budget and say, it says…

I do not think coastal projects should be second class citizens in your budget by this kind of a factor of 37 to 1.

I think this is definitely an effort to undermine him, to undermine the investigation, to undermine his decision to recuse himself in the hopes that he might ultimately drive Jeff Sessions out so that he can appoint a new attorney general…

I think in part you have to consider the source of those criticisms. This is an attorney general who recused himself for an investigation that resulted in the appointment of a special counsel who has indicted a number of individuals…

This is about his disappointment that the attorney general wasn't personally loyal which of course means the president doesn't fundamentally understand that the attorney general takes an oath to the Constitution and to apply the rule of…

We simply cannot allow that to happen.

I think what the president hopes is that Jeff Sessions will leave, that he can appoint a new attorney general that will not be required to recuse him or herself, and that he can then manage to either close down the investigation or even…

I think this has to be enforced aggressively.

I come to the floor to give the first of several speeches on Russia's hybrid warfare operations against the West. Today, I want to highlight one aspect of this ongoing destabilization effort: the Kremlin's malign financial influence. It is…

I am here for my 198th ``Time to Wake Up'' speech with my increasingly dog-eared and beaten chart. My last two speeches focused on, shall we say, the peculiar role two of this country's largest trade associations play on climate change…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 20 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

The high cost of healthcare is squeezing the budgets of American families.

CVS is an incredible corporate citizen.

I was very proud to stand on the House floor to applaud CVS Health's decision to stop selling cigarettes.

Our country faces tremendous challenges in creating an equitable and affordable healthcare system.

We must end this moral outrage that is bankrupting American families, particularly those that are most vulnerable.

This out of control spending, primarily for brand-name drugs, accounts for nearly a quarter of all healthcare costs and 19 percent of Medicare's spending.