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 the bill, add the following: SEC. 609. STRANDED NUCLEAR WASTE. (a) Stranded Nuclear Waste…

I appreciate all of the support. I appreciate the work of my colleagues. I urge all of my colleagues to support this amendment. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by…

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Schneider) has 30 seconds remaining.

I want to thank the chairman and ranking member for convening today's markup and for their leadership in this committee.

Every week, we seem to learn more about the sophisticated network of social media bots and online ads used to spread misinformation during the 2016 election.

I believe it should and I felt this way before the JCPOA--we should make clear that we will never ever allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon--not now, not during the terms of this agreement, not afterwards.

I believe there are gaps in the JCPOA and, particularly, with sunsets and some of the other issues there are flaws.

I think our leadership is more important now than ever.

We've pushed Iran back for a year for up to 15 years. That's a good thing.

In 2016, more than 63,000 people died from drug overdose, more than 30,000 of these from opioids. We also know that 80 percent of heroin users started with prescription opioids. Reducing opioid-related deaths will take a broad…

It's hard to say that Lebanon is independent when it includes in its government Hezbollah, and Hezbollah has 150,000 rockets increasingly more accurate, increasingly more powerful delivered by Iran.

I believe that we have to do all that we can. We have a moral responsibility to do all that we can to make sure that not just Syria but the world understands chemical weapons.

Thank you, and I want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for having this hearing.

But when the President of the United States said couple weeks ago within 6 months U.S. troops are going to be out of Iran, we are washing our hands, what signal does that send to all of our allies in the region?

I am glad we have these bills here today. I am glad to support all of them.

I urge the committee to continue to fund these vital grant programs that help keep our communities safe.

In Illinois' 10th District, one doesn't have to look far to see America's strength in advanced 21st century manufacturing. In fact, my district has the fourth highest concentration of manufacturing jobs of any district in the Nation…

The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, a shining beacon of hope for those fleeing oppression and seeking a better life.

I am pleased to rise today in support of the Boots to Business program. Running a small business requires a wide variety of skills. One day you are the company's accountant, the next day you are researching marketing strategies. Many of…

I've always said that the national security of the United States relies on what I refer to as a three-legged stool--diplomacy, development, and defense.

As former Defense Secretary Robert Gates noted, development contributes to stability. It contributes to better governance, and if you are able to do these things and you're able to do them in a focused and sustainable way then it may be…

U.S. foreign assistance programs are critical to advancing stability and growing the economies of developing countries which are vital to U.S. national interests and can help avoid costlier conflicts.

Yesterday marked 1 month since the gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School cut short the lives of 17 students and teachers. These tragedies have become so common that the response of this Congress is practically routine: thoughts…

The threat of foreign interference in our elections is real. Our intelligence chiefs are sounding the alarm that Russia views the 2018 election as a target for additional interference. And finally, yesterday, President Trump at last…

I would say we have one school district in an area near where we serve where the kids at night, the parents drive them to the parking lot of the school at night to get the free WiFi because they don't have internet service at home, and…