It gives me a lot of pleasure today to recognize a dear friend and a civil rights icon from Arkansas, Ms. Annie Abrams, and wish her a very, very happy 87th birthday. Ms. Abrams has served her State and country tirelessly throughout her…

I thank the gentlewoman from Arizona (Ms. Sinema), my good friend, for yielding. She and I have the pleasure of serving on the House Financial Services Committee together and cooperating on many legislative measures and regulatory measures…

I thank the gentleman from Arizona for participating, and I thank his colleague, Representative Sinema, for her heartfelt tribute that she has carried on since she has been in the House to bring attention to suicide prevention. I also…

I thank my friend from Arizona. I thank him for his personal stories tonight and his tribute to our former friend from Arizona. It is a pleasure for me to ask my friend from Fresno, California, Representative Jim Costa, to share some…

I thank our good friend for his service. Sam Johnson has served this Chamber so nobly during his years on Ways and Means and ends his career in the people's House this term. All of us treasure our time with him, our work together, and his…

Tonight, in this hallowed Chamber of the House, in the U.S. Capitol, we pay tribute to a good friend, a patriot, a loyal Member of this House of Representatives, and the Senate, and that is John McCain, who we lost last week, after a long…

I thank my friend from Tennessee for his remarks about our friend John McCain. Now, I would like to ask a colleague of his from Arizona, my friend, who we served on the House Financial Services Committee together, Dave Schweikert, who…

I thank the gentleman for the time to thank my colleagues for coming to the House floor to this hallowed Chamber of the people's House and paying tribute to a distinguished Member of this House, a distinguished United States Senator, and…

I thank my friend from California for his personal memories and tribute to Senator McCain. It is a pleasure now for me to yield to my friend from Florida (Mr. Diaz-Balart). Senator McCain, throughout his life, was such a great voice for…

I thank my friend from California. I appreciate his personal testimony about John's service and his friendship. I thank him again for his service to our country, not only in the people's House, but in the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Speaker, I now…

Today I rise to recognize the life of a teacher who continues to have an indelible impact on Arkansas, Margie Towery, who is this year's Greenbrier School District Teacher of the Year. Margie has dedicated her life to serving and educating…

This Labor Day week, I recognize the achievements of a young woman from Arkansas, Ms. Sierra Holley. Ms. Holley is a student at the Conway Area Career Center and recently completed the SkillsUSA Championships, where she received a Skill…

America is better off. America is better off because U.S. crude exports have more than doubled since January 2017, and production is up 12 percent so far this year alone. Since Congress lifted the 40-year ban on oil exports in 2015, U.S…

Today I rise to congratulate my good friend, R.D. Kinsey, on becoming the first African American to be elected as commander of the American Legion Department of Arkansas. Kinsey is a Vietnam-era veteran of the Air Force and a retired…

A hardy congratulations to Chairman Hensarling and the ranking member for this exceptional package, the JOBS and Investor Confidence Act. I support it, and I urge my colleagues to support it as well. This important bill includes H.R. 1585…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 331. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes…

I appreciate the time of my colleagues tonight on the floor. We have worked hard tonight to talk about how do we have a more constructive partnership between the executive branch and the legislative branch like we do in designing economic…

I am concerned about the steel and aluminum tariffs across the board. I have raised that issue before I was joined by many Members of the Congress on that issue because I felt like it came out of the blue to Members of Congress engaged in…

My friend from Illinois mentioned enforcement. I was looking in the archives this week when I was thinking about China, and I found an article that I wrote back in 1996 as a private citizen about the Clinton administration's China policy…

I appreciate the time tonight. It is my hope tonight that we will have a discussion in our country and in this historic Chamber on trade policy. I am delighted that two of my good colleagues have joined me to carry on this discussion. A…

I thank my friend from Ohio. He is a valued member of the House Financial Services Committee, and his decades of work in private business and in manufacturing is ideal for this discussion. He knows about intermediate goods manufacturing…

I thank my friend, Mr. LaHood from Illinois, for his expertise in agriculture and these markets. I think it is very important to have his example. I might react by saying the gentleman was talking about the power of working together. I was…

I thank my friend from Ohio. It is quite clear that in Article I the Congress exclusively in an enumerated power has the power of regulating commerce between foreign nations and, of course, we know setting duties, levies, and taxes as an…

I thank my friend from New York (Mr. Zeldin) for his leadership in this House on this important topic and for his voice that carries across all freedom-loving people about the relationship that we are trying to have with Iran; on the…

For the bipartisan work on this bill, I want to again thank Mr. Rothfus and my good friend Mr. Vargas. You can see that he has the heart of a Jesuit and the mind of a Harvard lawyer. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The…