underfunding the Department of Education and Health and Human Services will undermine the military's ability to recruit the best and the brightest.

I have advocated for the transition of mature, game-changing technologies to our warfighters so that we never send them into a fair fight.

the value of our American power projection lies in our diverse and flexible abilities beyond traditional warfighting domains.

underfunding the State Department will strain U.S. efforts to maintain our present level of diplomatic and military influence across the globe.

Climate change is impacting stability in areas of the world where our troops are operating today.

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank Representative Smucker for holding this Special Order. Madam Speaker, as co-chair of the Career and Technical Education Caucus, I rise to highlight the importance of career and…

Mr. Speaker, less than 10 years ago in 2008, bad actors on Wall Street brought the economy of our country to the brink of collapse. Because of their greed, recklessness, and deceit, millions of Americans lost their jobs, families were…

I would expect at some point, not right away, but at some point that Mr. Mueller would feel he has to depose the president.

The importance of legislative oversight cannot be overstated. It is a fundamental check and balance, key to the public's confidence in government, and it cannot be overstated.

Undermining the very core of our democracy and our elections is not a discrete event.

the Russian investigation, as you have pointed out, and as all my colleagues have reflected, is one of the most serious hostile acts against this country in our history.

the President, I would think, is downplaying the seriousness of this threat.

You've testified that the President asked you to lift the cloud by essentially making public statement that exonerated him...

There have been press reports that the President, in addition to asking you to drop the Flynn investigation...

Was that a rather unsubtle attempt to intimidate you from testifying and intimidate anyone else who seriously crosses his path, of not doing it?

Mr. President, Donald Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change. This is a decision that may prove to be one of the worst foreign policy blunders in our Nation's history. There is no denying…

Madam President, I come to the Senate floor every year around this time to discuss an important incident in the history of Rhode Island largely overlooked in the history books, certainly overlooked in consequence to its importance. We have…

We have all seen how effective CDBG is. The program is effective because it not only empowers local communities, but it also involves, in many cases, private investment.