I want to thank Senators Flake and Coons for their leadership and sustained engagement on this issue. I also want to thank Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Bass for their focus on Zimbabwe at the Africa subcommittee. On July 30th, the…

I include in the Record an exchange of letters. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, DC, July 20, 2018. Hon. Edward R. Royce, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Washington, DC. Dear Chairman Royce: I write…

Thank you for bringing this important and timely legislation to the House Floor. I want to begin by thanking Rep. Yoho, the Chairman of the Asia and Pacific Subcommittee, for authoring this bill, which is the product of his important…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the…

We stand here doing what we have done, I guess, 38 times now since 1998, and that is passing an extension of the National Flood Insurance Program without the much- needed reforms that should be in that program. This is unacceptable…

A nationalized mortgage market is an unsustainable status quo, obviously, from a moral hazard perspective.

I ask for an ``aye'' vote on the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Royce) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill…

First, I thank Mr. Castro and Mr. McCaul, the co-authors of this legislation. I know Mr. McCaul knows some of the dangers that our diplomats face overseas. In his past service to the United States, he has been in parts of this dangerous…

Our diplomats serve in some of the most dangerous parts of the world. They advance U.S. interests overseas, and while they serve our Nation overseas, it is our job here to ensure that they have the information and resources that they need…

Housing financial reform remains the great undone work of the financial crisis.

I would think that might be a first and second option in order to try to advance a way to get us together.

The President offered a laudable goal at the G7 meeting in Quebec when he challenged our leaders to get to no tariffs, no barriers.

I am concerned that such actions would limit the flexibility of the Treasury Department to lead international negotiations on financial insurance standards.

I have an amendment to the text at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Strike all after resolving clause and insert the following: Resolved, That the House of Representatives…

Would you agree that this is a vital issue where we should work together and work in a bipartisan way to move something quickly?

I very much appreciate the time that has been set aside here, and I appreciate the gentleman yielding. I have got to say at the outset, one of the great tragedies of the half a million deaths in Syria is that I think it was quite…

At a time when the administration sows doubts about this critical alliance, we must affirm our commitment to NATO.

I am pleased to be the lead Democrat on this bill.

We thank Steve Cohen for this measure.

I hope that between now and the time that the bill goes on the floor, perhaps there can be some more definition.

We need our allies to stand with us as we fight for mutually-shared democratic values.

I want to thank the authors, Representative Cicilline and Representative Zeldin for this bipartisan bill to strengthen congressional oversight of the State Department and this agency.

No American wants to see Russia influencing our elections, particularly through illegal and hidden measures.

I appreciate House Resolution 944 expressing solidarity and sympathy of the people of Guatemala after the June 3, 2018, eruption of the Fuego Volcano.

President Kabila's security forces are responsible, as we know on this committee, for massive human rights abuses and great instability across the DRC.