I yield myself such time as I may consume, and I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Cartwright).

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. First, Mr. Speaker, I would say to the gentleman from Tennessee, who is my friend, that I was pleased that he cited as one of the credentials for the two judges that wrote to the…

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 420, I call up the bill (H.R. 758) to amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration. The…

I would also like to thank Representative Lummis for raising the whole issue of the bulwarks and changing the hydrology in the mountain.

Is it going to be possible to identify the person or group of people who made that faulty determination?

They will be held accountable if there were mistakes made, if they could have avoided this.

I read the President of the Navajo Nation's long and very detailed testimony to be offered later.

I do believe that the American people are very much behind our efforts against ISIS.

Every worst-case scenario has come true that we have put together over the last 4 years of this conflict.

You said Assad must go. That made us hopeful. Us, Sunnis. But, you did not then pull the trigger on that step.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thanks, to the witnesses, for your efforts, your testimony, and, to Mercy Corps, especially, for your front-line work.

If both General Austin and Dr. Kagan suggest that this is a multiyear effort, I am struck... by the fact that we are 14 months in into a war, and we have said virtually nothing about it.

the discussion of an AUMF has been, let us face it, more about limiting the next administration's ability to actually counter ISIS than to authorize efforts against them today.

The Sunni in both countries are looking at us as folks who will not really come strongly to their aid against ISIL.

I cannot imagine how any military personnel would not feel supported in what they are doing.

I would recommend everybody to go to Shanksville and see that visitors center, listen to the messages...

I want to reiterate what a number of folks have said here about the importance of the services for economic development in rural areas.

This is not like originally delivering telephone services or rural electrification where it was either there or it wasn't there.