Madam Speaker, I rise today, along with my colleague, Mr. Butterfield, to congratulate Coach Mike Krzyzewski of Duke University on becoming the first coach in the history of Division I NCAA basketball to win 1,000 games. Blue Devils…

Madam Speaker, I rise with Congressman Price to recognize the head coach of Duke University men's basketball team on becoming the winningest Division I men's basketball coach in our Nation's history. Coach Mike Krzyzewski's 1,000th career…

Thank you so much for your leadership on this critical evening to express the will of so many Members of Congress that hopefully is the will of the American people. I thank you for your service not only here in Congress, but also for…

Mr. Speaker, just last summer, Delta launched The Blue Lightning Initiative with the help of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The Blue Lighting Initiative is a computer based training program that provides airlines with the added…

I would hope that there would be some focus on: Is that the best and highest use...

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up my amendment No. 102. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative…

Madam President, earlier this week--actually, yesterday and today--the Department of the Interior announced a plan that will allow the permitting in 2017 for offshore oil and gas drilling off the Outer Continental Shelf of our beautiful…

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide for leasing on the outer Continental Shelf and the…

Mr. Speaker, last week in his State of the Union Address, President Obama proposed to fund publicly the first 2 years of community college for all Americans. As a former community college president, I am a huge fan of community colleges…

Mr. Speaker, paying for college is hard work, and it is getting more difficult as tuition and fees continue to increase at rapid rates. Fortunately, American families have an investment tool known as a 529 plan to help them save for their…

Finding innovative ways to improve access to care in rural communities, particularly ones like mine in eastern North Carolina, can mean the difference between life and death.

Always, Anderson. The only way to go home safely is to assume a worst case scenario every time.

Madam President, long before I was actually sworn into the Senate, I traveled across the State of North Carolina. I promised the citizens of North Carolina that I would work toward commonsense solutions to provide opportunities for…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, codifies many longstanding pro-life protections that have been passed under both Republican- and Democrat-controlled Congresses…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want to say as forcefully as I can that there is nothing in H.R. 7 that restricts the private sale of plans that include abortion. There is nothing in H.R. 7 that restricts the…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. The passage of H.R. 7 will be welcome news for the majority of Americans who do not want their tax dollars paying for the grisly business of abortion. This bill will make existing…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. While it is true that the Hyde amendment and its companion amendments have been renewed every year, recent implementation of the Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare, has ignored these…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, life is the most fundamental of all rights. It is sacred and God-given, but millions of babies have been robbed of that right in this, the freest country in the…