Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Fairview Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for hosting its third annual Police Appreciation Day last Friday. It was my privilege to attend this inspiring and exciting event in honor of the…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Texas, Mr. Arrington, for leading this Special Order and yielding me some time. Mr. Speaker, I rise to share the story of a young American entrepreneur, Eli Herman, who lives with his parents, Teresa…

Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman from Kentucky for yielding time. Mr. Chair, the 115th Congress has been a landmark time for the Committee on Education and the Workforce. Committee members have come together to build the case for historic…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that my name be removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 4457. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from North Carolina? There was no objection. ____________________

I also want to acknowledge, Mr. Chairman, your op-ed piece today, it was very refreshing to see, and it is even more refreshing to see that you and my good friend from Maryland, Mr. Delaney, are working toward a bipartisan resolution of…

I think that the title is correct, it is the cost of regulation on affordable housing, the cost should have a return and that return should be quantified objectively by assessing the health, safety, and welfare of those that we are trying…

I think the Federal Government may be, in its own subtle way, increasing its regulatory influence on the multifamily housing just through the finance regulatory scheme.

I think it is important that we consider regulations that increase the cost of capital used for multifamily housing development.

Out of the more than 300 million active Twitter users, why did this only happen to certain accounts?

In many ways, for some of us, it seems a little bit like the Wizard of Oz--we want to know what's going on behind the curtain.

This summer, reports surfaced that profiles of prominent Republican Twitter users were not appearing in automatically populated drop-down search results.

But to most people, they might think of that as shadow banning.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the Kernersville Chamber of Commerce on celebrating its 50th anniversary this week. This organization is a steadfast pillar of the strong business community in Kernersville, North Carolina. The Teacher…

I do not ever plan on running for President in 2020 or any point in the future.

I do not know near as much about the institutions of Government as, let us say, Senator Sasse, but I am pretty sure once you get confirmed on the Bench, you are not going to be able to file a bill to do any of that.

I think if we do that, I have every confidence, Judge Kavanaugh, you are going to be Justice Kavanaugh.

I think you've been treated unfairly, and I'm amazed that after 32 hours of testimony, one-and-a-half hours I sat in this room, that none of these questions came up when it was all fully known.

Thank you for what you are going through. Thank you for your past service and what I believe is going to be a distinguished career on the Bench.