Mr. Speaker, I rise to salute Mr. Tom Dorsett of Yadkin County in North Carolina's Fifth District. Mr. Dorsett is about to retire from his very successful business, Dorsett Technologies, which, since 1977, he has grown into the innovative…

we would exclude a third of our country from the job pool for government jobs.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I thank the gentleman for his thoughtfulness. I have often said there are two ways things get done here in Washington, D.C.: slow and never. Let's hope that this is one of those…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Democratic governments must be transparent and accountable to the American people. Recordkeeping laws are vital to both. In support of transparency and accountability, the Federal…

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for her comments, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) that the House…

Part of meeting 21st Century needs is making sure we are addressing the current maintenance backlog plaguing our roads and bridges.

I remain committed to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to achieve that desired result in a way that does not undermine progress and that has already been made.

So we must lower the prescription drug prices, and I hear this from our veteran's population, our senior population, but the general population.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1582, the Electronic Message Preservation Act. The American people, Madam Speaker, as you know, have the right to know what is going…

Madam Speaker, I want to thank the gentlewoman for her deliberative process and the way that she has managed that. I thank her. I think this is one of the rare moments where you have true bipartisan support on something that is just common…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1608, the Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2019. I thank the sponsor of this legislation, my colleague from Missouri (Mr. Clay)…

I think that it is important that, specifically, when students are going from high school to college, to also educate their parents because if you are talking about students from low economic backgrounds, it is a generational effect.

I would like to thank Chairwoman Waters for creating this new Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy.

It is imperative that we modernize our efforts to combat financial crimes because our adversaries will continue to modernize theirs.

The straightforward bill provides needed transparency by requiring companies in the United States to disclose the financial beneficiary in order to prevent criminals and wrongdoers from exploiting their status as a company for criminal…

I am convinced that there is no better issue to start our subcommittee's work than a discussion of policies to detect and deter these financial crimes.

I am also happy to see that the committee will be considering Congresswoman Maloney's bill, which I know she and her team have worked very long and hard on.

These are some of the most pressing issues facing our country and the world, and I am excited for the opportunity this Congress presents to confront them head on.