the government closest to the people is usually the best, the most responsive, the most efficient, the most effective, the most cost-effective, and certainly the most accessible, and I think that goes for regulators, too.

Mr. Speaker, in March of 2012, then-IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman assured Congress: ``there is no targeting of conservative groups.'' Yet, I continued to hear stories from constituents telling me a different story. On April 23, 2012, I…

All space launches are matters of national security, not just perceived in the traditional manner that we look at national security, but as economic national security.

I appreciate the work you do in crafting the National Defense Authorization Act.

I would like to thank the committee for recognizing the national importance of having a safe, secure, reliable, and modern space launch range infrastructure.

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding. It is time to end the budget games in Washington, D.C., and this bill is one way to bring more accountability and more honest budgeting to Washington. Four years ago, when the…

Mr. Speaker, when the health care law was passed on a party line vote people were assured they could keep their current doctors and insurance plans, it would cost them less, it was not a tax, and there would be no rationing of medical…

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall vote No. 85, I was on the floor and voting in this vote series. However, my ``yes'' vote was not recorded. My vote should be recorded as ``yes.'' personal explanation

One of the fears that I have is that we even regress further.

Mr. Speaker, today the House will vote on H.R. 3865 the Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act, legislation to prevent the IRS from implementing newly proposed rules to restrict the First Amendment rights of certain non-profit…

the first thing I think we all try and--tried to do is do no harm, first of all, and stop us from regressing.