Mr. President, I actually was speaker of the house in North Carolina for 4 years. I like a good scrap. I don't have any problem with going to a committee hearing and explaining why I have taken the position I have on the judicial…

Mr. President, we were supposed to be here moving the bill forward. We need to make it clear that we were going to vote on amendments on CARA today to draw down the backlog and move the bill. The Presiding Officer decided to have the…

If I may completely answer the question, that is the problem with this process. I hear that. I see the Kabuki dances going on. What I want to do is dispose of the amendments on the CARA bill and do our job. Let's do our job. Our job is to…

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to talk about a blight that nearly rendered the American chestnut extinct and recognize a teacher in Alexander County, North Carolina, who is helping to lead in the rebirth of these great trees. The American…

Mr. President, you know more than just about anybody else here that across the Nation there has been a dramatic increase in the incidence of opioid addiction, which is now at the point of being a full-blown crisis. In my home State of…

I just want to caution you: don't--listen, I know all my sheriffs by first name. I know my chiefs by first name. I love law enforcement.

So why did you do that? I mean, I heard that in your original testimony.

the time is now to fix it.

So we had five Uzis that were missing for 10 years. We found them, and we waited 3 years to have the IG come in and look at it? Do you not see a problem with that?

Mr. Speaker, let me begin tonight by thanking the gentleman, Mr. Jeffries, for yielding to me this evening and to thank him for his extraordinary friendship and leadership in the Congressional Black Caucus. I want to publicly thank you for…

And that is the incentive, I think, that we are skirting around.

So they buy in.

In fact, many of our sorties that fly over in the Middle East come back without executing their ordinances.

I think it is important that as this task force continues its discovery, that we not only learn what is the best multilateral way to engage in cooperation with the countries that we are seeking cooperation and to provide technical…

As aggressive as we possibly can.

Do you think we could do that in Somalia?

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the life and work of Attorney Earl Thomas Brown of Greenville, North Carolina, who this past Saturday tragically died in a one-car collision at the age of 64. Attorney Brown was a native of Edgecombe…

Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday President Obama presented his plan to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay and proposed transferring up to 60 prisoners to the United States mainland. Bringing dangerous terrorists to the American…