I thank the gentleman. I know that we are closing this. I do want to go back. Last year, when the President signed the omnibus bill to keep the government open, at that time he said: This won't happen again. He laid down a marker last year…

I thank the gentleman from Maryland. I appreciate his kind remarks and would return those as well. The gentleman is well-versed at this process and is a noble battler in the debate of ideas. I look forward to having continued conversations…

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman is finished. We will, obviously, have more time to go back and forth on this, but let's keep in mind a few facts. First of all, the last shutdown of the United States Government was dubbed…

Reclaiming my time, Lindsey Graham did say we need to build the wall. Lindsey Graham has a different solution, I am sure, than the gentleman from Maryland. So let's be clear. And I was speaking to Senator Graham last night about this. He…

Oh, it lasted very shortly because the gentleman from New York realized he was on the wrong side of the issue, just like right now your side is on the wrong side of this issue opposing border security. Let's be very clear what the fight is…

You were not the majority leader when that happened. He was elected on that. We were still in the majority. Let's remember why we are here. To think that this is some new idea the President is bringing forward is ignoring the history, and…

Good for you, and, obviously, things have changed. But when the minority leader then told the President the votes weren't there to fund the wall, maybe the President took her at her word and thought that was an accurate assessment of the…

That bill passed, but it didn't put the money there, and that is why we are here. And again, he can talk and give great speeches and say we need $50 billion, but if you don't appropriate the $50 billion, the money is not there to actually…

And so now we need to talk about how to fund the wall, how to fund the structure, call it what you will. And again, the President, himself, has said you can title it however you want. You can ban cement fencing. But at the same time, what…

I thank the gentlewoman from Missouri. Mr. Speaker, the gentlewoman has given us this opportunity tonight to speak on the growing crisis at our southern border. It is a critical issue that our friends on the other side of the aisle are…

I want to thank the chairman for his leadership on this issue before and now. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 251 to extend the DHS Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards, CFATS, program for a period of 2 years. Like…

Passing H.R. 251 would allow us to continue the conversation around this important national security program without leaving chemical facilities more vulnerable to attacks. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues in the House to support H.R…

Mr. President, I rise to speak in memory of five children from Louisiana, my home State, who were tragically killed in an awful car wreck last Thursday in Florida--Jeremiah Warren, 14; Joel Cloud, 14; Cara Descant, 13; Brieanna Descant…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 488. ____________________

I just want to quickly say that I also regret that we are in a situation where we have to once again do a temporary extension, but it is important that we do not let this program lapse. Whether it is Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Michael…

I thank the chairman of the committee for yielding time to talk about this important program. I want to thank the gentlewoman from California for her consistent commitment to making sure that the National Flood Insurance Program is there…

I appreciate the chairman's leadership on this. Mr. Speaker, this is about keeping America safe. This is not a complicated vote, but it is an important vote that really defines whether or not we are going to stand for border security in…

Let me thank my colleague, Mr. Clay from St. Louis, and my colleague from Michigan. I understand the difficulty in saying very loud the ``New Orleans Saints,'' but I just want to also thank Senator Bill Cassidy, and Senator Patty Murray…