Bashar al-Assad... he is a scourge to humanity.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the FAST Act, our first long-term surface transportation bill in nearly 10 years. I want to thank Chairman Shuster and Ranking Member DeFazio for their bipartisan leadership. It has truly been an honor to…

I think a lot of us were concerned with this Iran agreement because we saw a direct connection between Iran getting money, more money, funding Hezbollah, and creating this horrible conflict in Syria.

Mr. Speaker, our folks back home are understandably frightened, and there is no question that ISIL must be destroyed and that the safety of Americans must be our first priority. But denying refuge to women and children who are fleeing rape…

I would say always put women at the center of policymaking.

Mr. Chairman, I would just be repeating myself. I do want to repeat one thing which I think is important. Since the system has been used by FMCSA, there has been a 14 percent reduction in serious violations of the law, and I think that…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the chair, ranking member, and all the colleagues who worked so hard on bringing this legislation to the floor. My amendment is really about improving this bill. It is going to make it a better bill, and it is about…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Beginning on page 424, strike line 17 and all that follows through page 426, line 24. Page…

I think you are just hearing some frustration.

This mess in Syria and the Middle East is not the fault of our President.

I thank Mr. Engel, Mr. Smith, and my colleagues on the anti-Semitism Taskforce. Mr. Speaker, Susanne Winter, a member of the Austrian Parliament from the extreme rightwing Freedom Party of Austria, received the following post on her…