I strongly encourage you to consider continuing doing that, whether it be biofuels through byproducts of commodities that aren't used, whether it be hydroelectric or solar, these are all great opportunities for areas that may not have…

We, in the citrus areas, are facing a huge crisis with citrus greening.

the vast majority of Members on the East Coast absolutely, unequivocally, oppose this

Regarding seismic in the Atlantic; some of the estimates of 130,000 deaths of whales and dolphins as well as a 78 percent decline in marine fish why were the [Atlantic] applications rejected?

we are dealing with a giant tourism, fishing economy on the East Coast, one that would make any small economic benefit of trying to open this up for oil drilling be very short-sighted

I have yet to be given one Member of Congress to date that actually supports opening up the Atlantic to seismic testing.

There was a time in our country when we embraced the future, like solar and wind and hydro-electric, bio-fuels and nuclear.

Yet, we still suffered from this tragic Deepwater Horizon disaster that cost us billions and billions of dollars.

My concern continues to be that we are propping up states that are addicted to oil jobs that have not diversified their economies like Florida has.

I thank Congresswoman Demings for sharing Chris' story. A coworker of mine, Ramses Tinoco, who survived the Pulse Nightclub shooting, sent me this letter entitled ``Everlasting Unity.'' ``My name is Ramses Tinoco, and I am a Pulse…

I thank my colleague from Florida, Representative Val Demings. First of all, I thank her for her service in law enforcement and also for her husband, Jerry Demings' service in law enforcement and to remember the 1-year mark of the Pulse…

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida, Congresswoman Demings, my colleague, for reading the letter of Joshua. How inspiring it really was. Next we have a statement from our dear friend, Eric Rollings, who is one of our supervisors of the…

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Demings) for sharing Brandon's story. Next we have a story from a friend. ``My name is Jim McDermott, and I am a good friend of Chris Brodman who was the first survivor of the Pulse massacre to…

I include in the Record a list of the names of those who perished in the Pulse Nightclub shooting. [From www.cityoforlando.net, June 12, 2017] Victim's Names Stanley Almodovar III, 23 years old; Amanda L. Alvear, 25 years old; Oscar A…

I thank the gentlewoman from the beautiful State of Hawaii for yielding to me, and I thank her also for being a champion of immigrants, both in her State and across the Nation. It is Immigrant Heritage Month this month, and I think it is…

Today we have a new Trump budget and more broken promises. If you recall on May 7, 2015, the President said: ``I was the first and only potential GOP candidate to state there will be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.''…

Sabotage. A plot is afoot in Washington. It is time to sound the alarms. It is time to let the people know. It is time to ride like Paul Revere across our Nation and awaken Americans to this sinister scheme. President Trump is sabotaging…

It is time to right this wrong injustice and bring truth back into our history. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

We are here today, more than 400 years after the first English settlers landed in what became Jamestown, Virginia, to finally establish a government-to-government relationship with the Indian tribes who greeted those settlers. The Virginia…

Big talk and broken promises, that is what we have seen. As Trump's first 100 days come to a close, we see desperate times are leading to desperate measures. First, there is a push to revive TrumpCare. Really? Twenty-four million Americans…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 222. ____________________

I would strongly encourage you all to consider a pilot program to help with that replanting, since we are down 70 percent in production.

I believe we cannot get there through austerity alone.

I want to applaud you, Governor, for your success in negotiating to avoid job cuts.

PROMESA addressed the debt process, but it failed to address any economic stimulus.