I think all of us here, our objective is good government.

Madam Speaker, I rise today and want to reach out to my colleague, the Delegate from D.C. to, one, say that I appreciate the tone and tenor of this debate. I have great respect for her and, actually, during this debate have grown to admire…

Mr. Speaker, the Congressional Black Caucus will present eight or nine speakers on the Democratic side in just a few minutes. I am the first of many who will be speaking. We come to the floor today to express our deepest sympathy and…

I would ask each one of you, what do you think?

By the time they were caught, the fraud ring resulted in the RRB awarding $1 billion worth of bogus disability claims.

Mr. President, I thank Chaplain Milner for being here. I want to talk about a friend. He is somebody who blessed our legislature during the time I was speaker of the house. I will not repeat all of the things Peter has done for the…

Mr. Speaker, again, I thank my colleague from Georgia for the great leadership he shows in the Rules Committee and on the floor. Mr. Speaker, our colleagues on the other side of the aisle have made many comments. Some of them, I am going…

Mr. Speaker, while the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of today's measures, the Committee on Rules is not aware of any violation of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. This is a dilatory tactic. These measures…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Georgia for yielding time. The question before the House is, Should the House now consider H. Res. 231? While the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of today's measures…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the House Republican Conference, I send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 229 Resolved, That the following named…

Mr. Chairman, I encourage my colleagues to support this amendment because it is critically important that we provide the necessary funding to ensure that our ports are fully dredged and properly maintained. The port in Wilmington, North…

The PRV Program cost taxpayers absolutely nothing--let me repeat: nothing--while at the same time helping to speed treatments and potential cures to pediatric rare disease patients who desperately need them.

I am confused on what our objectives are, specifically with Syria.

I look forward to continuing to work with you and our colleagues to see that 21st Century Cures meets and crosses the finish line.

The Pediatric PRV Program addressed the market failures we have seen as rare pediatric disease drugs have struggled to market by creating financial incentives for rare pediatric disease drug development in the form of vouchers.

I think that the balance of those three elements I see a lack of credibility within the region right now in terms of if we say something do we really mean it.

What I find very concerning is all of you are willing to get together to discuss your testimony before coming here to be honest and, yet, the American people expect just honesty and, yet, what we have is a coordinated effort to be a stone…

Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to recognize the Wilkes Central High School women's basketball team, which recently won the North Carolina 2A State championship. It is the first NCHSAA State championship in the program's history. The Lady…