Mr. President, I have come to talk about what I think we have reached here--a tipping point in terms of President Obama's legacy. Recently, Jimmy Carter emphatically charged that President Obama has weakened us and brought us less respect…

Mr. President, we were sworn in--you and I both--in January, and I know we have both gone to our States and traveled across our States to get an idea of the pressing problems our States and our Nation face. One of the areas I have focused…

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize Yadkin Valley Motor Company in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, which recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. It is the oldest Ford dealership in the Carolinas and 20th oldest out of about 3,100…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Wisconsin for yielding time and leading this Special Order. I rise today to join my colleagues in bringing attention to allegations of serious misconduct by the country's largest abortion provider…

Now, it seems to me that we have allowed, or at least the premise of this negotiation has been, let us not have an Iranian nuclear weapon capability, but let us do so at the expense of expanding international and global terrorism.

The only thing that we have to rely on to make sure that this deal is effectuated as it is written, quite frankly, is the trust of Iran.

The sanctions have worked.

To have 10 months go by without a general manager to operate this system is really inexcusable.

Madam President, in 1965, President Lyndon Johnson, when the ESEA was passed, said this: Financial assistance to school districts serving areas with concentrations of children of low income should be the target of it. We have never…

Mr. Speaker, roads, bridges, and railroads are crumbling all across America. In North Carolina, which used to be known as the ``good roads'' state, over 5,500 bridges are structurally unsound, and poor roads cost drivers $1.5 billion a…

We have to very seriously consider a very significant investment in the federal level at hardening up the soft targets.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to have my name removed as the cosponsor of H.R. 2722, the Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois). Is there objection to the request of…

Mr. Speaker, if you work, you should be better off than if you don't work. That is why, earlier this week, I introduced the Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act. This bill is designed to improve welfare programs by requiring recipients…

Mr. Speaker, yesterday a disturbing video surfaced of Dr. Deborah Nucatola, Planned Parenthood's senior director of medical services, discussing the sale of fetal organs from aborted babies as she casually eats lunch. The heartless way…

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that my name be removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 2722. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from North Carolina? There was no objection. ____________________

Mr. President, I thank my colleague from South Dakota for highlighting the real benefits of doing away with No Child Left Behind, breaking down the national school board, and saying to States and localities across this country: We ought to…

And by the way, all farms are small farms in New Hampshire by any of my colleagues' reckoning.

Can't we agree, Chair Yellen, right now, that it just doesn't make any sense for non-bank financial institutions that pose no systemic risk to the market, like asset managers--they should escape this Dodd-Frank regulation that penalizes…