A cultural crisis requires a cultural response, so let's talk about the genesis and the direction of this epidemic.

The Nation responded to this by restricting easy access to Lortab prescriptions and other opioid prescriptions, cracking down on doctor shops, et cetera, and this was largely effective.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Comer, I actually appreciated your testimony.

I think in a bipartisan way, want to be as supportive as possible to make sure that our American companies and inventors and entrepreneurs aren't being put in any kind of a disadvantage.

I hope when we get to that appropriations process that there would be open rules, as we did. And I guess the gentleman doesn't have to worry about his majority breaking the record of closed rules, because this week we only had one rule…

Reclaiming my time, Madam Speaker, at the final end of your spending bill, we got a start on addressing the problem of border security. We had very intense negotiations, and the President laid out the multitude of things that need to be…

Well, as eyes are glazing over, for clarity, there were many rules where every single Democrat amendment was included. So if you want to call it a modified rule, closed rule--for people watching, when Republicans and Democrats go to the…

I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the next week to come. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the majority leader. {time} 1230

I still think that's a winning message to Democrats.

We have to expand our coalition.

That debate will go on. Hopefully, we can start addressing some of the long-term problems. Madam Speaker, I wanted to ask the gentleman, finally, about legislation to confront this BDS movement, a major threat to our ally Israel. It…

I appreciate it. I understand that there hasn't been any determination yet, but there is a growing frustration that this needs to be addressed by the Congress. There is a move to initiate a discharge petition to get that bill brought to…

I would point out that the President's executive order on section 1332 does nothing to change the protections in law for people with preexisting conditions under ObamaCare. As the gentleman knows, the law protects people with preexisting…

I thank my colleague from Arizona for yielding and for leading on this issue for the economy of the United States of America and for hardworking families. If you look at what getting back in the Paris accord would do, Mr. Speaker, it would…

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 173. ____________________

I want to thank the distinguished leader for his statement. I, too, wish this were a bipartisan bill. I do. I wish it were a bipartisan bill. Unfortunately, as the ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, I found…

Years ago, the administration, working through an international group, had helped to negotiate and put together an agreement on climate change known as the Kyoto Protocol. That protocol was resoundingly rejected by the United States…

I thank the gentleman from North Dakota for his comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from West Virginia (Mrs. Miller), who represents a lot of the victims of bad energy policy or energy policy that is not thought out.