It is now my privilege to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Rutherford), the Republican lead and cochair of the Law Enforcement Caucus.

as we gather today here in peace and safety in this quiet Chamber, we must remember that there is a city half a world away that is struggling to survive--a city that is fighting for human rights and human liberty and a city that is a…

I ask unanimous consent that Senator Merkley's intern, Thomas Sipp, have privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I thank the gentlewoman from Arizona (Mrs. Lesko), my friend, for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to support H.R. 777, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act. Along with my friend Carolyn Maloney, I introduced the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join my colleague in remembering the 36th anniversary of the appalling terrorist attack on American troops stationed in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 23, 1983. This horrific…

this is a classic example of everything has been said but not everybody has said it yet. One of the great traditions of the Senate is to be sure everybody says it. We are going to say it now, and we will continue to say it until the House…

But you have said you want end-to-end encryption. What is going to happen to these children?

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McHenry), ranking member, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act. I thank my friend, Carolyn Maloney, for her tremendous work to fight…

Sixteen-point-eight million--16.8 million, as confirmed by the Department of Justice, of the 18.4 million worldwide reports of child sexual abuse material are on Facebook.

I am committed to rooting out online sex trafficking, and I believe that what is illegal offline should, indeed, be illegal online.

What are you doing to shut this down? These accounts peddle horrific illegal content that exploits women and children.

I thank the chairwoman for her work in this area, and for allowing those of us who are interested in this legislation to play a major role. As many of my colleagues are aware, national security is one of the most pressing matters facing…

Flooding in my district is making it very difficult for us to move to full recovery mode.

This is embarrassing what we are doing to people. It is costing taxpayers money. It is unaffordable, and I will say it again. We are revictimizing disaster victims.

$350 million to administer this. We have got to look at the value added from the regulations from all of this scrutiny.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I want to thank you very much for having this hearing, and I wish that HUD were sitting here as well because they are very topical to this.

The flooding in my district is ongoing, making it difficult for us to move to full recovery mode.

I hope today we can hear how FEMA and EDA are working to get help out quickly to communities hit by disaster and how we can ensure rural and farming communities can recover faster and better.