This amendment is a sense of Congress articulating support for the underlying bill, an underlying bill which I have made clear over the last 2 days would reduce pay and benefits for our TSOs. That is unacceptable. We should be trying to…

I can't overstate this: The real irony of this amendment is the underlying bill eliminates the hiring preferences for veterans. We all want to give preference to veterans for their service to our country. The best thing we can do to make…

As the gentlewoman from Virginia has just stated, the administration has already taken some proactive steps to deal with this threat; however, we need to remain vigilant when it comes to dealing with counterintelligence threats and…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. Here is another example of a messaging amendment that doesn't fix the veterans' hiring problem in the underlying bill. All this does is restate the veterans preference language in title 5…

I claim the time in opposition to the bill, although I am not opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, even though I am not opposed to it. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Cisneros). Without objection, the gentleman from Alabama is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

As the designee of the gentlewoman from Puerto Rico (Miss Gonzalez-Colon), I rise to offer an amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of section 4, add the…

I would say to my friend from Nevada that the irony with this bill is they are moving TSA under a 70-year-old personnel management system widely panned by good government organizations as unable to meet the needs of the 21st century…

I remain concerned that Chinese officials knowingly withheld essential information from both the public and international health community in the most critical stages of this outbreak.

Understanding that the U.S. response has to come from different agencies, lots of them, what is AID's role...

I think those examples were unacceptable, and we can't do oversight unless we have more cooperation.

I am deeply disappointed that, for political reasons, folks can't and won't acknowledge this simple fact: President Trump's policies are succeeding, where other administrations have failed.