So based on your recent statement, I assume it is your view that Ms.

One of its goals was to reduce deaths associated with these drugs.

Mr. President, with all the problems facing the country and the world, the majority has decided the time has come to cut back on the Bill of Rights to be amended for the first time in our history. We hear from the other side repeatedly…

would have required political courage

You have been a leading voice against legalization of recreational marijuana. First of all, I would thank you for that.

Ms. Lee, I get a lot of information and ask a lot of questions from IG reports.

All right. Mr. Marti, your predecessor made significant progress in bringing stakeholders together to address the problem of Internet piracy through voluntary initiatives.

if heads do not roll, nothing really changes.

I have no opening statement. We do not believe, at this point, any of these nominees are controversial.

Keeping the NLRB fully staffed and able to do its work will send a strong message to the American people that, yes, Washington can work, and our government can function. It will give certainty to businesses and ensure workers that someone…

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman from Virginia, Chairman Goodlatte, for yielding. There are a lot of people in this Congress that I appreciate a great deal tonight, but I have listened to the anger and the fury over on the other…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Virginia. Mr. Speaker, this just restores the constitutional authority of the United States Congress, and it says: President Obama, don't continue to violate this Constitution. President Obama, when…

Mr. Speaker, I want to first thank all the people that worked so hard to put this language together, and it makes me feel good to see the team that has done so. But I also think there is a misunderstanding as to what happened with how we…

Madam President, the majority leader has brought a $3.5 billion emergency supplemental spending bill to the floor at the request of President Obama. This bill, while it shaves off $1 billion from the President's original request, is still…

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to be recognized to address you here on the United States floor of the House of Representatives in this most deliberative body that we have and are. I appreciate the comments and the position taken…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. International Convention on Disability Rights

Mr. President, I come before the Senate to call again for the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I would like to give a little history. We passed the Americans with Disabilities Act…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Joshua Wolff, a fellow with the Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of today's session and that Aly Boyce and Kate Kollars, interns with…