I would like to just urge my colleagues to recognize this as a strong group of bipartisan work by Dr. Foster and it received solid support in the committee, that it balances the law enforcement obligations to investigate criminals, but…

I again want to thank my friend from Minnesota. We have worked together on this bill during the year. I am pleased to see it back on the floor today. Mr. Speaker, I urge bipartisan support for helping all American consumers have a new and…

I include in the Record an exchange of letters between the committees of jurisdiction. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, DC, June 22, 2018. Hon. Jeb Hensarling, Chairman, Committee on Financial Services…

I thank my friend from Louisiana for the opportunity to speak tonight in the House Chamber on what the benefits of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has had across our country and, particularly, in the Second Congressional District of Arkansas…

I thank the chairman of the full committee for having us on the floor today to talk about S. 2155. I have heard all of this cold water from the opposition today, but this is the definition of bipartisanship. Sixty-seven votes in the…

I thank my friend from New York for yielding and compliment him for his leadership on this topic. Just like rebuilding our transatlantic relationship on NATO and our partners for military work and just like our work in exporting energy…

Today I rise to recognize the 2018 winners of my office's Educational Award Program. Each year, my office recognizes students who have shown their continued dedication to excelling academically, leading in their schools, and improving in…

I thank the chairman for bringing S.J. Res. 57 to the floor today, a joint resolution to disapprove the 2013 Bureau guidance on auto finance. It has been well discussed today, why that is. This is a very tailored, commonsense approach. It…

Today I rise to recognize the Marine Corps Junior ROTC program at Little Rock Catholic High School for raising $20,500 toward the construction of a Gold Star families monument on the State capital grounds in Little Rock. The Catholic High…

I thank my colleague, Mr. Schiff, for his remarks on genocide and turning our back on the facts that we find around the world. I really appreciate his thoughts. I want to rise today and talk to my colleagues and the American people about…

I thank the chairman, and I appreciate the chairman's leadership in bringing this bill to the floor today. I think the American people should be very pleased that this bill is coming to the floor in the form that it is, because we are…

I thank the Speaker and I thank the chairman of the Judiciary Committee for bringing this measure to the floor today. I stand in support of H.J. Res. 2, a straightforward, long overdue effort to have a new tool to balance the budget…

I hope you will give full and fair consideration to funding the Mentally Ill Offender Act.

I believe that we must look at this as not only a matter of financial cost, but also as one of human cost.

How do we hold offenders accountable for their actions without denying them a return as contributing members of society?

Today I rise to pay tribute to Arkansas native Rudy Johnson. Former Private Rudy Johnson will be laid to rest at the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery in North Little Rock this Friday, 73 years after he was killed in action during World War…

I, too, want to add my congratulations to Mr. MacArthur for continuing to find ways to improve Mr. Obama's and this committee's excellent work on the JOBS Act from some 8 years ago. We have learned a lot. We have seen the benefits of the…

Today I rise to remember Michael Blakely of Little Rock, who passed away at the age of 67 just before the new year. Mike served as the director of the Little Rock Zoo for 17 years prior to his death. Next to his family, Mike's greatest…

This week, the USS Carl Vinson arrives in Da Nang, Vietnam. This is the first visit of a U.S. aircraft carrier to Vietnam in four decades, and obviously for a very different purpose. Together, Vietnam and America are demonstrating the…

I again thank Mr. Pittenger and Mr. Ellison for their work on this measure, and for all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle who have brought these bills to the floor and, particularly, for speaking out for consumers on bills that…

I will yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in favor of my bill, H.R. 5078, the TRID Improvement Act. This important package will cut through the red tape and level the playing field for making sure that…

I thank my friend from Minnesota for his work on this bill and providing the chance to build a credit file for those who really need it. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Pittenger), my…

I appreciate the opportunity to come before the House during this rules debate on this package of bipartisan bills that have been worked on for two Congresses now and that address a number of issues that I think Members on both sides of…

I thank our distinguished chairman for yielding, and I appreciate my friend, Mr. Emmer, for introducing this bill to make this very modest change which does help community banks allocate capital and make more mortgage loans out there in…

I thank our chairman of the full committee and the chairman of the subcommittee, Mr. Barr from Kentucky, for bringing this bill, H.R. 3326, to the floor today because this is precisely what the American people want out of their government…