Last night, tragedy struck a small town in central Texas. Little River Academy is a very small town outside of the largest town of Temple in Bell County, Texas. The chief of police, Lee Dixon, was killed in the line of duty while…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as cosponsor of this bill and chairman of the Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Homeland Security, I rise in strong support of H.R. 4228. Over this past year, I have aggressively…

Law-abiding Americans shouldn't have to sacrifice their right to privacy to exercise their Second Amendment rights because they live in the southwestern part of the United States. I don't understand why they want to take the people who…

I would point out that this law pertains only to the southwestern border States and that my friends from Connecticut and New York are not affected by this rule. There is no reason why you can't buy long guns in New York or in Connecticut…

I want to point out that this recordkeeping is directed at multiple rifle and shotgun sales of a semiautomatic character. It becomes a habit around here to call anything that will fire six shots when you pull the trigger an assault rifle…

Congress was correct in assuming that risk retention groups would add capital to the insurance market.

In closing, risk retention groups have dramatically improved risk management and provided tailored coverages for specialized niches.

I think, to the extent that there is liability, obviously there is liability inside of our industries as well as others.

Many nonprofits, small schools, churches, and small businesses buy packaged policies that RRGs cannot write today.

Thank you for this opportunity to testify in favor of the Risk Retention Modernization Act of 2014.

Let me tell what you what the Liability Risk Retention Act Modernization legislation will not do.

At this time, I would like to ask the House to join me in a moment of silence and hopefully prayer for the Fort Hood community and all those families of the injured and dead at Fort Hood today. The SPEAKER pro tempore. All present rise for…