It is easy to make decisions when the Federal Government has to come up with the resources to pay for it.

Then-House Agriculture Nutrition Subcommittee Chairman Bob Goodlatte introduced legislation to move us to the nationwide, interoperable system we have today.

unless we reform programs like the SNAP Program, and a number of other entitlement programs, there is going to be a shrinking supply of funds for all of these programs, given the fact that we now have $500 billion to $1 trillion annual…

Would you not agree that, in the terms or--in the context of export controls, controlling things, widgets, is easier than controlling thought processes and methods?

I encourage my colleagues to support this measure as well.

Mr. Speaker, I thank my dear friend from New York, the distinguished ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. I rise today in support of the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2016. I want to thank the chairman and…

I've always been a skeptic about export controls, frankly. I mean, maybe good intentions, but we don't live in that kind of world anymore.

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H. Res. 343 offered by the Honorable Gerald E. Connolly

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3231, the Federal Intern Protection Act. This bill would amend title 5 of the U.S. Code to extend protections against discrimination and harassment to unpaid…

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman from New York and the gentlewoman from Ohio for organizing tonight's Special Order to focus on the toll that gun violence has taken on communities across America and, especially, the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to H.R. 1927, the so-called Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act. In 2013, in Butler v. Sears, Judge Posner of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals spoke critically…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous materials on H.R. 1927. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaMalfa). Is there objection…

Mr. Chairman, it is my pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Trott), a member of the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Marino), the chairman of the subcommittee.

Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Farenthold), the chief sponsor of a portion of this legislation.

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise today in support of a bill that combines two important reforms, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act and the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act, or the FACT…

Mr. Chairman, may I ask how much time is remaining on each side? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has 14 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan has 16\3/4\ minutes remaining.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Farenthold).