I understand the concerns of my colleagues from the State of Washington and from the State of Alaska. It is important to keep the vessel intact. My subcommittee agrees with this important goal. I urge the Coast Guard to work with the…

At this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Latham), who is the chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee. {time} 1450

I would like to yield 3 minutes to the chairman of the Homeland Security authorizing committee, the gentleman from New York, Mr. Peter King.

I rise this evening, along with my colleagues, to honor the life and legacy of Charles Colson, better known as Chuck Colson. Many people remember Chuck Colson as the hatchet man for President Richard M. Nixon and also the first member of…

It's my honor and my privilege this afternoon to welcome our guest chaplain, Dennis Culbreth, who gave today's opening prayer. Dr. Culbreth, as senior pastor, serves a congregation of 2,400 at First Baptist Church in Jasper, Alabama. Prior…

I discussed in my opening statement, Secretary Beers, about the budget including an unprecedented $202 million for the new cyber initiative to help reduce other departments and agencies' cyber risk levels.

What I would like to do is come back for another round after the vote, so we will suspend for a few minutes for votes.

I do believe that we need smart public investments in our infrastructure to increase the efficiency of our economy.

By all means Buy America should be a slogan, but I don't think it should be a policy in which we seek to distort free trade.

the American worker we believe should get a preference on the jobs funded by their tax dollars.

There are still staffing shortages across the fire service. And the effect of FIRE and SAFER to improve on that shortage is something I think we should build on.

As you know, I put an emphasis on speed because I feel that the quicker we get construction back, the better communities are.