Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want to thank my colleague and friend from Colorado for his kind words and his work on the Veterans' Affairs Committee. I am proud to serve with him. I rise today in support of H.R…

Empowering workers, especially women, should be a common goal of both Democrats and Republicans.

I got to tell you, just having an 18 year old, just because they have alcohol names on them, they think those things are cool.

I just want to conclude in my closing argument, as a former prosecutor, so what you have here are 2 million kids and growing...

That's why I introduced a bipartisan bill with Senator John Hoeven that would add 100 STEM high schools and strengthen partnerships between employers and technical and community colleges.

The national unemployment rate is 6.3 percent, the lowest level in five-and-a-half years.

So I would just think, I just got to tell you that my in-laws use, I don't think they use Twitter. They're in their 70s, but I know that all of my daughter's friends use Twitter and they all use Facebook and they're very adept on social…

Job growth has continued to strengthen, with the private sector gaining jobs for the past 51 months.

I don't understand why when regular cigarettes, they can't have flavors; right? Is that correct? They've been banned from having flavors?

almost 2 million kids have tried these e-cigarettes. That's a problem right there.

I oppose some of the current efforts to roll it back.

I do not think now is the time to roll them back.

Thank you very much. We can do both the Sanders-McCain bill, the veterans bill, and we can do this, and there is a need for this. I was proud to join Senator Warren of Massachusetts in presenting the Bank on Students Emergency Loan…

I want American Indian kids having that dream.

In fact, the legislation authorizing funding for tribal colleges authorizes $8,000 for each Native American student.

I find that incredibly disappointing.

We need to fund school reconstruction.

I just don't think we are doing right by our original citizens.