If Congress does not assert its constitutional authority, we risk becoming obsolete in the eyes of an Executive that would prefer to legislate with a phone and a pen as a replacement for this body. Thank you to all my colleagues who join…

This effort saw UNESCO admit the nonexistent state of Palestine to its membership and then shortly after saw the U.N. upgrade the Palestinian status to nonmember observer status.

I would like to thank my colleague from my neighboring district, Mr. DeSantis. Mr. Speaker, this is a great moment in time and I appreciate the gentleman bringing this up. This is such an important issue that we all deal with and something…

I would like to thank my colleague for those kind words. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take just a quick moment to add to the important work that Mr. King is doing and to thank my colleague for yielding me the time and for his continued…

the Federal Government just needs to get out of your way and help open up your markets.

We want good trade, and it is so important that we have that.

I thank my colleague, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, for bringing this bill up today. I rise in support of the Global Food Security Act, H.R. 1567. This bill reflects almost 2 years of work between the Agriculture Committee and the Foreign…

We owe so much to the brave men and women who police our Nation's streets. Every day they selflessly put on their uniforms to stand in harm's way to keep us safe. In my district, on March 9, an off-duty Jacksonville detective, who was…

I disagree with your comments about the Uruguay Six.

I think that argument is very weak and we shouldn't even talk about that.

Those are the things that if we can change them and enforce it, it would stop that magnet and that pool of people saying, hey, don't worry about it, man.

Border security to me is a national security issue that has to be done.