I also want to thank Congressman Loebsack for introducing with me the Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act.

We woke up this morning to yet more horrific images of dozens of people killed by another chemical weapons attack in Syria. Mr. Speaker, this included children who were gasping for their last breath as they perished because of the brutal…

The 5G revolution is upon us, and America must not fall behind.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you all for being here with us today. We really appreciate it.

Obviously we all recognize we have an opportunity for once in a lifetime, maybe in my lifetime, tax reform.

The Iraqi military can be fully capable, but they need the American military to stiffen their spine at least for now.

I thought the JCPOA was a pretty bad deal. I think it really just provides... a roadmap for a timeline on how to acquire nuclear weapons eventually.

I believe that Iran bears some responsibility for the existence of ISIS.

I think one of the unsung things that the State Department does is conflict mitigation.

When conflict mitigation occurs which stops a war from happening that could ultimately lead to the deaths of either the locals or, in some cases, the U.S. military, we have to go in and fix it, that is something that is never talked about.

The United Nations needs a ton of reform. And anybody that argues against that, I think it is a very difficult argument to make.

I have to actually agree with Sean Spicer, the president worked his tail off for this.

If you can't get the numbers out of the Republicans, and this is on the House Freedom Caucus, are you ever willing to get to 'yes'?

You know, it's really confusing to me, my hope is it's just a president right now that is hoping to make some kind of big deal, a grand bargain.

I think it is time that the table gets turned over a little bit.

I think it makes good domestic politics in some areas but I think it is very bad international politics.

Money can and should be used as leverage to reform, when it is necessary.

For today's vote series, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall 66 and rollcall 67. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

I strongly believe that our country's protection and prosperity depends upon our willingness to engage each other in this room as colleagues who can work together, despite our philosophical differences.

I think it is obvious that this is, in essence, a partisan play.

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey for yielding. I also want to thank Chairman Walden and Congressman Courtney for working with me to introduce this legislation and bring it to the floor for debate today. Additionally, I appreciate the…

Since I wasn't here, as I am going over the merits of this amendment--I wasn't here, obviously, the last years--I wanted to pose a question to the author, if I could.

I was reflecting the other day. Last week, we all joined together in this Chamber, we held up our right hand, and we swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. That is an oath I have…

Thank you for holding the hearing today on autonomous vehicles. Next week is Thanksgiving... vehicle accidents are claiming too many lives and, as of late, that rate is growing in the wrong direction.

I want to thank the chairman for yielding. I also want to thank Chairman Walden and Ranking Member Eshoo for working with me to get this legislation to a point where all interested parties are able to support its passage today…