If you will get your folks to get with us, we will work in a bipartisan way.

if we don't have some element of success in actually preventing what we are setting out to do, then what good is all this intelligence and surveillance that we are doing?

What has concerned me and continues to concern me has been the lack of enforcement.

there are things we could do better.

if there is no enforcement, then what good is it that we do?

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Beau Diers and Lauren Fish, defense legislative fellows in the office of Senator Cotton, be granted the privilege of the floor during consideration of S. 2943, the National Defense Authorization…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Elizabeth Joseph, a Health Policy Fellow in the office of Senator Cochran, be granted the privilege of the floor for the remainder of the 114th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

Madam President, I am here today to talk about a very important event in American history. Seventy-two years ago today, six American and four British and Canadian divisions began the assault on Adolf Hitler's Fortress Europe, on what…

90-plus percent of the corn produced in the United States is a product of biotech engineering, is that correct?

It angers me, but it does not surprise me. This is just another example of why these regulators need to get out.

Now you talk about EPA regulations. You talk about FDA regulations. You talk about USDA regulations and all the impediments that are making it virtually impossible for farmers to continue to do what they want to do, which is to produce the…

First, the TPP and trade with Europe and Africa is absolutely essential to our future in farming.

If we do not act, can you give me an idea of how this is going to affect your business operations and future prices?

We know what regulations need to be changed. We know a number of things we have to get focused on and Congress has to act.

We can talk about trade opportunities, we can talk about a number of other things, but if we do not start lifting this regulatory burden and the additional barriers that we have, trade expansion will be a moot point because our farmers…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made…

Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered read. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from North Carolina? There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution…

Mr. Speaker, my friend opposite--and I say that in the most authentic and complete terms because, indeed, the gentleman is my friend--raises a point of debate about the Constitution and the fact that explicitly in the Constitution, our…