The Coast Guard, working through SOUTHCOM, leads the U.S. effort to remove drugs from the Transit Zone between the United States and South America.

Seizing drugs in the Transit Zone--in their purest form and closest to the source--is the most cost effective and efficient way to use U.S. law enforcement assets.

I would really, really appreciate it because, with the passing of each week, I become more and more inclined to try to begin a movement to force the Kansas City system into the Federal program.

I go through CLEAR, everything, trying to reduce the fact that somebody sees the name Cleaver and, all of a sudden, I am a member of the Black Panthers, and I am harassed.

This is an important piece of legislation for the people of the Fifth District and for the State of Missouri.

I mean, it was an awful experience that I went through every single week.

If this unanimous consent cannot be entertained---- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Missouri has not been recognized for debate. ____________________

I thank my friend from Texas (Mr. Brady) for yielding me the time. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the SECURE Act. Over the last two decades, we have made progress in helping Americans save more for their retirement. U.S…

I have the right to close, so I reserve the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Missouri has the right to close.

Since its inception, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has disregarded congressional intent in a number of alarming ways. Under the previous Director, Richard Cordray, the agency took it upon itself to essentially write law through…

Today I rise to discuss an issue that is probably on the radar for almost everybody in this country that is watching or listening, but it involves new accounting standards being proposed called CECL. This is supposed to put some…

I have 9 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I think, by any standard, it is a stretch to suggest that we are churning out judges. We are doing our constitutional job of confirming judges that the President is constitutionally required to nominate. We are going to vote on a Missouri…

I have become almost obsessed with TSOs and the fact that they are woefully, and in my estimation, dangerously underpaid.

Eliminating the root causes of the migration crisis at our border entails standing with these women.

I would like to thank you and Ranking Member McCaul for working with me on H.R. 2140.

We have two kind of communities in the United States: those that have been through the disasters and those that will.

We have contractors in Louisiana that have not been paid for work in USVI because of this whole approval process and cashflow issues.