Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer an alternative budget on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment in the nature of a substitute is as follows: Strike all…

I am the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus.

We acknowledge the need for small business and diversity.

One of the difficult things for a lot of parents is they see other things that the State Department is engaged in... it is not a priority for the State Department to return these children.

But having an awareness--and I am following your words--having an awareness and making it a priority are two different things.

Are you willing to do that?

Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome a distinguished visitor to the House floor today. Flat Stanley is visiting Washington, D.C., this week from Miss Martin's second-grade class at Clemmons Elementary in Clemmons, North Carolina. Through…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Republican Conference, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 165 Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are…

I understand the critical importance of trade, both for our domestic prosperity as well as the moral obligation to support global food security.

I have been critical of agreements that open our domestic markets to products produced in my district, while not necessarily gaining international market access for those same products.

Those concerns have proven to be well-founded considering the United States Country-of-Origin Labeling Program for beef and pork was almost immediately challenged by Canada and Mexico.

To criticize other nations for imposing protectionist barriers to our products means that we must likewise be critical of our own policies that do the same.

Mr. Frank indicated it was never his intention or the intention of Congress to draw into their net of regulatory oversight all of the mid-size banks.

Do you think some of those requirements were fulfilled by our passage of the NDAA?

Do you consider the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) being--having been passed either positive or negative to the men and women in uniform in your efforts?

this administration is not willing to confront the challenges that these men and women have in uniform today.

Shouldn't the FSOC's primary focus be on making sure that these entities that may have systemic risks, that those are addressed properly rather than turning them over to the Fed to just say, here is a bank-centered prudential banking…

We want Choice to we want to make absolutely certain that our first choice for being in a VA facility is held.