Even the liberal New York Times Editorial Board, the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are calling on House Democrats to act.

There are more than 17,000 migrants in Customs and Border Protection custody along our Southwest Border in facilities designed to hold 4,000.

The situation at the Southwest Border is beyond a crisis.

I would just like to clarify that the quote was actually that we have the weakest immigration laws anywhere in the world and that Congress must change our weak immigration laws.

Unfortunately, our Majority has denied the House multiple opportunities to fund the needed supplemental humanitarian assistance.

Seventeen times House Democrats have rejected immediate humanitarian border aid.

I bring a bipartisan amendment that is cosponsored by Congressman Cedric Richmond and Congressman Garret Graves. What this amendment is really designed to do is highlight the fact that, as we are embarking upon another mission now to Mars…

Increasing numbers of migrants are bringing children on the dangerous journey to our border, more than ever before.

By the latest estimate, last year opioids took the lives of over 70,000 Americans.

In Louisiana, the state that I'm proud to represent, we have 49 programs state-wide.

As well-intentioned as the diversion programs are, and the drug court is something I support, I've seen it work very well...

The difficulties in drug courts, in reality, as compared to the programs that are created by, passed by bureaucrats...

Only with a substantial increase in Federal support and a national commitment to expanding community-based treatment will we have even the basic tools to combat this epidemic.

We are trying to live up to that promise.

America is the only Nation in the world that is founded upon a creed.

We are all committed to ensuring that automated aircraft systems provide the safety benefits they are supposed to.

The reason we have such a safe system is that past Congresses and administrations of both parties have pushed partisanship aside and worked together to improve the safety of our system.

The United States has the strongest aviation safety record in the world.