Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 38 ordering Call of House, ``pres'' on rollcall No. 39 Call of House, and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 40 Tableing appeal. The SPEAKER pro…

Mr. Speaker, I chair the Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs. I have been in Congress for 5 years, and what I have noticed over the last, probably, 30 years is a growing China. China is a culture that has been around for…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for the kind words, and I look to follow in his footsteps. I want to also give a shout-out that the first version of the six assurances, Mr. Chabot introduced to Congress on October 28, 2015, what the six…

Mr. Speaker, the whole purpose of this Special Order is to draw attention to what China is doing, and I think, as Mr. Chabot brought up, we are not against China. It is the practices that they are doing that we need to make sure that the…

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the work that the gentleman from New York (Mr. Donovan) has done with the Comprehensive Fentanyl Control Act to combat illegal fentanyl. I thank him for his participation, being on the committee, and his passion…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Virginia, and if he wants to participate in a colloquy back and forth, we have a few more minutes. But I want to touch on some issues that I think we need to draw out again. I want the American…

Mr. Speaker, I need to make a correction. I said it was Vietnam that took China to court. It was the Philippines. But along these lines that you were just talking about, when you look at the word of a nation, the integrity of a nation, I…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the topic of my Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to…

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the remarks by Mr. Hultgren. He did a great job, and I hope that guy gets released. The gentleman brought up a very good point, and this is something I have noticed. I am so blessed, and I know we are so blessed…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of one of Alachua County, Florida's, true trailblazers--Alachua County, Florida, is my home county in northeast central Florida--Mr. Thomas Coward, who passed away on December 23, 2017. Mr. Coward was…

North Korea, one of only 6 countries that has not signed the Chemical Weapons Convention, is believed to have stockpiles of thousands of tons of chemical weapons.