The idea is not to get rid of the peacekeeping mission, but to make it more effective.

They should do much more to support local peacebuilding initiatives.

I am going to second what Ida Sawyer said regarding the presence of United Nations peacekeepers, which is absolutely essential.

Delay is denial. Unless we see very significant progress that this is really going to happen, it is going to happen.

I think sanctions are needed. If you don't use them, it becomes something in the toolbox that dictators... turn around and say, no worry here.

Maternal mortality, which I take a backseat to no one in trying to stop it every time we can.

And finally, last Congress, I was the House sponsor of the Global Food Security Act, which was signed into law.

If you ensure that from the moment of conception to that second birthday, both mother and child have food and supplementation, it mitigates maternal mortality and morbidity.

Mr. Speaker, this Saturday is Veterans Day, a day to reflect on the bravery and the commitment of our servicemembers and to thank them for their dedication to our Nation. From the Greatest Generation who served in World War II to the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of November as National Adoption Month in honor of the 111,000 children waiting to be adopted from the foster care system. As a co-chair of the Congressional Foster Youth Caucus, I strongly believe…

Thank you, Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, and Chairman Yoho, and Ranking Member Deutch, and Ranking Member Sherman, for holding this joint subcommittee hearing.

We should have this Congress attack foreign policy and do what is right, rather than relying on a Congress when I was here.

Was your participation in the preparation for the Perry request, if we call it that, is that a fair enough description?

There is another voice from Texas that has a rather different view of Ms. Hartnett White.

I think it is something of a significant situation if the CEO of a regulated industry is saying he has given his regulator a 3-page plan.

Mr. President, our EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, has a little problem. You see, the Supreme Court has ruled that greenhouse gases are pollutants under the Clean Air Act. Therefore, under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Wheeler, there has been a recent request by Secretary Perry to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to provide certain regulatory favors, to provide regulatory priority to, among other things, coal plants.