I want to thank the chairman and Ranking Member Schakowsky for their work on this and their help. I rise today in support of H. Res. 835. It is a resolution adopting a national policy to promote economic growth and consumer access to…

I want to tell you a story. There was a little boy named Ali Daqneesh, age 10, and his little brother is Omran. That is the boy you see in the photo here that was shared across the Internet, worldwide, 2 weeks ago. Ali was a really good…

I think that FERC has very little ability to value generation.

this affection in the campaign for Russia and Vladimir Putin

Bill Clinton once said, when asked what his greatest regret was of his time in office, that his greatest regret was the failure to act on the genocide in Rwanda. Mr. Speaker, today, over a half million Syrians have been killed by a brutal…

The burden to win is on you. You have to go out and figure out how to put together basically 51 percent of Americans to put you in office.

I appreciate the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act will help our veterans and our communities by assisting States in reducing burdens for military medics who want to become civilian…

I expect that ultimately he will support Trump.

This really is on Donald Trump to unite the party and this is where he has to change his tone.

These are concerns. That is on Donald Trump.

I thank the committee, and I thank the other side of the aisle. Even though this is something that we are going to put through and we would love to have a lot more support from the other side of the aisle, we do appreciate the working…

On rollcall No. 44, I was unavoidably detained and missed the vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' Personal Explanation

I want to turn your attention to the crisis in Madaya, Syria. Since July 2015, this town has been under siege by the evil regime of Bashar al-Assad. It has deprived the citizens; it has starved them; and in the last month, at least 31 have…

I thank the chairman for yielding, and I thank everyone for their hard work on this bill. Mr. Speaker, there is a lot of negativity out there. In the House, we talk a lot about bad things that happen. It is just our focus. But I want to…

I appreciate my friend from Illinois' response. I would be happy to work with her in the future on this. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle B of title XXXIV of division C, add the following: SEC. 34216. AVAILABILITY OF…

It is interesting in these great conversations, good debate, nobody has said that this doesn't make money for the taxpayers. They try to make the link and everything else, and that is fine. My friend from Wisconsin just said, well, if this…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I just want to address a statement that was made a little earlier from my friend from Indiana. He quoted the chairman and said that, in a perfect world, we would not need Ex-Im. I…

I thank everybody on both sides of the aisle for their hard work in getting this very important thing done. I flew to Ethiopia about 6 months ago, and I flew on a Boeing airliner--there is a lot of talk about Boeing here--but I didn't fly…

So if we are looking to promote the quality of life for the men and women who are members of the armed services, making sure that there are robust mobile services there is a great way to do it.

I thank the gentleman from Tennessee for his hard work. I would remind the previous speaker that this is actually a Republican-led discharge petition for Ex-Im Bank. We could have avoided this. None of us celebrate being here right now as…

I had no intention of coming to the floor and actually speaking this morning--I have a committee hearing, in fact--until I saw the news. Now, let me paint a picture just briefly. Every day there are men, women, and children that live in a…

I didn't intend to speak today, but I just wanted to remind the American people, as I hear that the United States is about to enter talks with Russia over their presence in the Middle East, Russia is there for one reason. They are there to…

The first question is: Does Iran deserve the right to be trusted? If the answer to that is yes, then I would ask how. Tell me how Iran has earned this right to be trusted. If the answer is no, then obviously, you would have to verify if…

I thank the chairman for his leadership on this issue for, unfortunately, the long time that we have been having to deal with this. I am surprised. We watch the news. We see what is happening overseas and from afar, and we see the human…