I want to get away from foreign aid; I want to go to aid, not--I want to go to trade, not aid.

I believe strongly that we cannot balance the federal budget on discretionary spending alone.

I am a guy that came up here to get rid of foreign aid.

Ninety-five percent of the world's customers live outside of our borders.

Electrify Africa is bringing power to the African people, and when you empower the people the people will change the government the way they need to.

Mr. Chair, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``Nay'' on rollcall No. 156. The Acting CHAIR. There being no further amendments, under the rule, the Committee rises. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from California. Mr. Speaker, as I was saying, I was concerned to see the way the law was passed. It was passed in the middle of the night. I thought it was passed through hastily and without transparency…

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate Dr. Babin's comments. He is very astute. He has been around health care. You know how this thing is not working and the strain it has put on people in your district, as it has in mine, and people around the…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my good colleague from Washington State. I appreciate his words, his thoughtfulness, and the stories. You learn more from a story than you do facts and figures. I want to go over a couple of things here. As we have…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 9 o'clock and 14 minutes p.m.), the House adjourned until tomorrow, Friday, March 10, 2017, at 9 a.m. ____________________

Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted ``Nay'' on rollcall No. 143, the Hank Johnson Amendment No. 5. Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Conyers The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the…