One of human phenomenon is sometimes when you try to fix a problem, you unwittingly create other problems.

The international is very important because of the ability and willingness of entities to arbitrage sort of regulatory environments.

Mr. Speaker, last Sunday 5 people were killed and 25 injured in four mass shootings in New York, Florida, Illinois, and Mississippi. Yet, Congress has done nothing to reduce gun violence in America. While this is happening, opponents to…

We have the responsibility to be certain that it is being implemented properly and we prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power.

I want to just focus for a moment on the effort to address the issue of the terrorist financing of ISIL.

This legislation, sponsored by Representatives James Langevin (D-RI), Paul Cook (R-CA), and Dina Titus (D-NV), would provide a veteran first-time homeowner or a current veteran homeowner with a refundable tax credit of up to $8,000 for…

Mr. Speaker, earlier today, the Senate HELP Committee passed by voice vote S. 800, the Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act. As the lead sponsor of this legislation in the House of…

Very good. Those are positive changes in the right direction, and I hope they will continue as such because this is too serious an issue not to do that.

I support a robust S&T [science and technology] investment in the chem/bio defense programs

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I wanted to make an additional point, and I think I have the sympathy of the Chairman and the Ranking Member in this, which is that when we disarmed ourselves of being able to do what were then called earmarks, i.e., have any specific…

I am keen to work with members of this committee to try as best we can to define and refine our response to the earmark rule.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for up to 20 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Let's get these rotten old pipes replaced.

Madam President, investigative author Jane Mayer has written an important piece of journalism--her new book, ``Dark Money''--about the secret but massive influence-buying rightwing billionaires led by the infamous Koch brothers. Jane…

If something were going badly wrong in Rhode Island, I would hope you would be willing to help me.

I also think it is important, I do think where there are problems, they may not be nationwide problems, but local problems are real problems.

We are a terrestrial species, but we get a lot from the oceans in terms of cooling of the planet, oxygenation of the atmosphere, fish that we eat, and the place I think we might be hitting our ecosystem the hardest is actually in the…