Mr. Speaker, the House just only moments ago passed historic tax reform. I am proud to have supported it. In conference, we will have the opportunity to improve the bill. There is one issue I would like to raise for them: closing the…

Madam Speaker, I thank my friend, the gentleman from Louisiana, for yielding. Madam Speaker, as my colleagues in this body know very well, it has been many years since we have reformed our Tax Code. Over the last few decades, Congress has…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Georgia and my colleague from Colorado for their comments--and the future comments of some of my colleagues who are in the class of 2014. Ladies and gentlemen, I want to talk a little bit about facts…

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to salute a brave, dedicated nurse of Ashe County, North Carolina, Mrs. Maggie McNeill. Recently, the Fifth Congressional District of North Carolina experienced torrential downpours and flooding, causing severe…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that all postcloture time be yielded back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Bradbury…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the 21st Century Flood Reform Act, which would give communities in the Tampa Bay area and all of our constituents a National Flood Insurance Program that…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Ranking Member Smith, Chairman Thornberry, Chairman McCain on the Senate side, and Ranking Member Reid. It is very important that Congress continue this great tradition of passing a Defense Authorization Act. This will…

Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise in support of the rule and the underlying bill, H.R. 2874. Homeowners deserve choice; they deserve competition; and, above all, they need to know the true risk their homes face from floods, the most costly…

Mr. Speaker, I greatly appreciate my colleague from Colorado for leading this Special Order on the Bible, its importance to each of us, and its influence on our constitutional Republic. Our Founding Fathers understood that Biblical values…

There is no group of individuals that are truly more welcome than our inspectors general.

Thankfully, the rulemaking was withdrawn as it would have directly attacked the very idea American motor sports was built on.

Senator Burr's S. 203, the RPM Act, which I have also co-sponsored, would clarify that vehicles used solely for competition are not to be treated like the cars that drive on our nation's roads.

Let me say from the beginning that this is a bipartisan, common sense approach to something that shouldn't have been a problem.

Senator Wicker's S. 839, the BRICK Act, of which I am a co-sponsor, will similarly extend the compliance deadline on rules relating to emissions from brick manufacturing until that litigation issue is complete.

My bipartisan bill, S. 1857, introduced with Senators Shelby, McCaskill, and Manchin, would extend the deadline for 3 years for the wood heater industry to meet new emissions standards.

the slowest economic recovery from any recession since World War II; an increase in litigation instead of investment; meager job creation; wage growth and more businesses dying than being opened; and a transfer of power--I would argue the…

I believe after careful consideration and examination, members of this Committee will come to the same conclusion that this is a simple, yet important, piece of legislation that will provide certainty to amateur racing enthusiasts in each…

A rule proposed in 2015 by the EPA raised doubts as to whether amateur racing would continue.