Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 23, 2016, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Bank Capital and…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 23, 2016, at 10 a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The…

For anybody who is taught, we all know that it is so important to teach at the level that the students are able to perform.

Well, how can the Department put forward a regulatory proposal without understanding the financial impact and how can the Congress and the public be expected to evaluate its wisdom without such information?

Thank you, Mr. President. I am proud to represent North Carolina. North Carolina has nearly 1 million veterans in the State. When you add to that the members of the armed services inactive and in the Reserve and the National Guard, we are…

The Center for American Progress reported last year the nationwide compliance cost for proposals similar to yours would be 8.5 billion. Do you think that is a reasonable estimate?

If school districts are forced to change teacher hiring policies and somehow find the legal and contractual authority to do so in order to comply with the proposal, school districts, rather than school principals will assume more authority…

Mr. President, as I grew up, I remember listening daily to Paul Harvey on the radio. Paul Harvey's motto was, ``and now the rest of the story.'' That is where we are. I give Senator Wyden a tremendous amount of credit for consistency. He…

do you truly believe that allowing States to choose how to determine the success of subgroups will actually result in the improvement of subgroup outcomes?

We need to value our educators more and we have some questions in North Carolina about whether or not we do that.

I am absolutely opposed to efforts to undermine the Department of Education and the spirit of the law.

We have to stabilize the operating environment.

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize the 200th anniversary of the American Bible Society, an organization that works to make the Bible available to every person in a language and format each can understand and afford so all people may…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to thank Chairman Chaffetz for his vision and Ranking Member Cummings for working in a bipartisan way to not only empower our IGs, but give them the tools…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise today in support of H.R. 2395, the Inspector General Empowerment Act. Indeed, the inspectors general play a key role in improving our government's efficiency. They conduct…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Lawrence), my good friend. She well notes that not only is this a bipartisan bill, but it is one that is widely…

I thank Chairman Hurd for his leadership not only on this, but on so many important topics here in this body. He certainly is looking after transparency and oversight on behalf of the American people. I just would like to applaud his…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2395) to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to strengthen the independence of the Inspectors General, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the…