Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the valiant efforts of Colonel Donald Everett Ballard of the Kansas National Guard and formerly of the United States Navy. Colonel Ballard, a Corpsman Second Class at the time, was with the 3rd Marine…

I agree with the Congressmen on my left, or to the left over here, Engel, Meeks, and Connolly, that we should focus on making our Embassy and personnel safer around the world.

Reports also stated that Ambassador Stevens had requested increased security on more than one occasion, correct?

Mr. Speaker, today, on September 11, I want to take a moment to reflect on that fateful event on the day of 2001 at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, the fields of Pennsylvania, and again in Benghazi in 2012, and ask that we always…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my alma mater, the great University of Florida, and our incredible women's gymnastic team, who earned their first NCAA Super Six National Championship. I'm very proud of our Lady Gators, as they proved…

I implore you guys and the administration to find a diplomatic solution.

We can win this, and it can be done and won with diplomacy and not with guns and bombs.

Our action would be one of attacking a sovereign nation, a nation that did not attack us, an act of war.

This is a moment in time, in history, where we, America, can lead in a new direction.

I and the people I represent said not just 'no' but something like 'heck, no,' don't get involved in this.

I cannot, I will not, nor shall not support intervention in this conflict.