When Secretary Baker met with Shevardnadze and Gorbachev there was a discussion about the expansion of NATO.

This White House earlier described the CBO's assessment as, 'Little more than fake news.'

I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina. Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, is the gentleman asserting there is no law or Federal regulation against federally chartered banks giving loans to people? Mr. Speaker, that is not simply the case.

Let me take back my comment. Mr. Speaker, I understand the Second Circuit decision. The Second Circuit decision basically said that, if you are a bank and if you are a fintech company and you are in a rural part of the country--and I…

This is going to hurt ordinary folks who can't make paycheck to paycheck, and they are going to have to pay these exorbitant interest rates. Now, if the majority comes up with a bill that says we want to expand the SBA, we want to expand…

I want to commend you for supporting the Will Hurd/Robin Kelly bill on modernizing government technology.

The biggest challenge to America's economic growth is actually income inequality, because there may not be enough people with money to buy things.

I don't think there is anyone in Congress who disagrees that we should not be funding the Pentagon on continuing resolutions.

It is not for a lack of money, and you point out correctly that we spend more money than all of our adversaries.

Yesterday, thousands marched in every city across America for racial justice, gender equality, and a moral vision of America. Today, we let them down. It was not complicated what citizens wanted. They wanted a vote, a guaranteed vote in…

My grandfather spent 4 years in jail during Gandhi's independence movement standing for human rights. One of his crimes was expressing unpopular views in a political newspaper. Similar human rights abuses are occurring today in Vietnam. I…

I think the point is not that we need to streamline decisions, or if we have to streamline courts to get rid of frivolous lawsuits, that would be fine, but the problem is the power that is being vested in the Secretary of Agriculture…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. O'Halleran The Acting CHAIR. It…

My amendment strikes section 311 from the bill. This section would create a forced arbitration program for forestry management. This section of the bill, in my view, usurps judicial oversight. While many agencies conduct quasi-judicial…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 27, beginning line 19, strike subtitle B. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 595, the…

I thank Representative Raskin for his thoughtful points and comments on the President's tax policy. I have a few other points before we conclude. The President has said that we can't afford foreign aid given our deficits, but the President…

Before my colleagues in the Congressional Progressive Caucus and I begin our discussion about the response to the Republican tax plan, I wish to take a moment to express our sympathy for the people of northern California who are facing…

This bill is bicameral in nature, as Senators Cotton and Tillis have introduced companion legislation in the US Senate as S. 1936.

This legislation is very simple: it basically provides veterans with greater access to apprenticeships.

I think this is an example of legislation that is bipartisan, it helps our veterans, it is in the Nation's interest.

A lot of times people say to me as a freshman Member of Congress, you know, it seems so partisan, how do you enjoy being in Congress, what can you get done, and it is really moments like this that I point to in saying, you know, people…

I introduced H.R. 3949, the Veterans Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform, or VALOR, Act.

I really appreciate your personal commitment to these issues and working with Joe Wescott and others to craft this bill.

I must thank Joe Wescott, the Legislative Director at the National Association of State Approving Agencies, for working in a bipartisan basis with you, Mr. Chairman, our Ranking Member, our office, Gio Saba on my team, who has done…

we have heard from both veterans, from the state agency, and from companies that this was an extraordinarily cumbersome process.