This Committee is doing a disservice to the American people by not having the EPA Administrator testify to explain his anti-science agenda.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4635, the Peer-2-Peer Counseling Act. I want to thank my friend and colleague, Mr. Coffman, for his leadership on this very important issue. The bill we are…

Again, they do heroic work, and they do important work. There aren't enough of them. I am hopeful for the support. I thank the gentleman for his support. I think this is a very important amendment for us to adopt to demonstrate our…

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 21, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $15,000,000)''. Page 27, line 21, after…

I appreciate Chairman Simpson's and Ranking Member Kaptur's support for the Advanced Manufacturing Office, and I look forward to working with both of them in the future to increase funding for these important programs for fiscal year 2019…

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 24, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $20,000,000) (increased by $20,000,000)''…

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 64, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $500,000)''. Page 66, line 23, after the…

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 32, line 16, strike ``and''. Page 32, line 21, strike the period and insert ``; and''. Page 32, after…

Congress needs to do better on that issue.

I have been reflecting on our duty as Members of this Committee to ensure the respectful and dignified memorialization in perpetuity of America's military veterans.

It was heroic. It was heroic of these people, many of whose homes were destroyed or damaged or flooded, whose families were, themselves, in distress.

It is completely unacceptable to think that we are going to wait... that we would be doing that to the present generation of veterans.

I think we need to start with getting it to an appropriate state where it should be, and then we will continue to stay at the table, and do our best to get it right.

I urge my colleagues to support this worthwhile amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. Esty). The amendment was agreed to…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And again, I want to thank all you gentlemen for your hard work joining us here today and making yourselves available to help ensure that we all fulfill our duty to honor and memorialize those who have served this…

I want to thank the Chairwoman and Ranking Member Lipinski and Chairman Weber and Ranking Member Veasey for joining us here today.

I want to follow up with you afterwards because we had some interesting testimony over in the Senate on gun violence issues

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the VA MISSION Act of 2018. I am proud to support the VA MISSION Act of 2018, especially because of its important expansion of support for family caregivers of…

Research aboard the International Space Station is critical to our journey to Mars.

DOD is really worried about them right now, and that is going to impact taxpayer dollars as well as military preparedness.

In my State of Connecticut, which has decided to lean in to a lower carbon future because it sees both the short- and the long-term advantages of that.

I do think it also underscores the importance of technological innovation in a variety of sectors.

I want to thank our witnesses for joining us here today for this important hearing.

I look at particularly for VGLI, if you do not enroll promptly, you have to go back through a medical exam.

I want to thank you for scheduling this important hearing today on the numerous life insurance programs.