the issue then comes to why haven't we dealt with this issue? What has been the problem?

Let the free market work.

The Fiscal Year 2017 request of $7.17 billion for the region is an increase of almost 9 percent over Fiscal Year 2015 enacted levels.

I am very proud to be the co-chair of the Congressional Peacekeeping Caucus, which I formed with my colleague Adam Kinzinger.

Mr. Speaker, today we mark Equal Pay Day, the day when women's wages finally catch up to what men were paid in the previous year. Mr. Speaker, it is unconscionable that in the United States today, women earn on average 79 cents for every…

Mr. President, I am pleased to be joining Senator Blunt in introducing the Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act. According to the American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, there are currently only 8,300 child and…

Thank you for your efforts, because I think now we have got a better hold on keeping the level at 36 percent.

I do not think there is anyone in this Congress that would object to protecting the financial well-being of men and women who are wearing the uniform of the United States.

As the Ranking Member on the Armed Services Committee, it is critical to our readiness and the ability of our troops to concentrate on their jobs, so thank you.

So I urge my colleagues say what you want about sea level rise, enjoy your jokes and your mockery, but remember that for States like mine it is very, very real.

Mr. President, I am here for my 132nd ``Time to Wake Up'' speech. We are now back from recess, and while we were away, one little thing and three really big things happened. The little thing has to do with the so-called war on coal which…

What are the things that we could best do in Congress in changing the way payments are made so that care planning becomes a built-in, baked-in part of the treatment for all Alzheimer's payments?

Thank you very much, Chairman Collins, and thank you for how relentless you have been in this cause for so long.

I think we are moving in the right direction.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank both the gentleman from Massachusetts and the gentleman from Texas for their extraordinary leadership on this important resolution. Yesterday, the world saw the face of evil in a…

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 137, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in remembrance of a great lady from our district, Elizabeth Garrett, Cornell University President. Ms. Garrett lost her battle with cancer on March 6, 2016, at the age of 52. We were all deeply saddened, Mr…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for holding this hearing.