I take considerable pride that it was a Republican House and Senate again in 2016 that restarted the cycle of increasing funding at the NIH.

I take considerable pride in the fact--and I know my colleagues on both sides of the aisle do--that in the late 1990s and early part of the 21st century, Congress, a Republican Congress, frankly, but with Democratic support, was able to…

I really believe it, these two institutions in particular, and there are lots of good things in your budget, but these two in particular are every bit as important for the national defense and national security of the American people as…

Let's focus on what the direction of this country ought to be in providing affordable health care coverage for this Nation.

I would like to highlight some elements of this change in priorities. One important provision in this bill that addresses post-cold-war realities, conditions 25 percent of Turkey's military assistance on the Departments of State and…

I commend the gentleman from California for the intent of his amendment. He speaks the truth. No one has been more forthright or a stronger leader on this most vital issue than my friend and colleague from California. I believe, as he…

I rise in support of the amendment offered by my distinguished colleague, the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Bryant]. This amendment will ensure that the lands released for development by the Montana Wilderness Act will be managed in an…

the question we must answer in deciding the merit of this legislation is what distinguishes constitutionally protected speech from action. If you believe that obstructing a clinic entrance to prevent another individual from exercising his…

I am glad to join so many Members on the house floor to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the genocide of as many as 1.5 million Armenians and the exile of 500,000 more from the Ottoman empire. The horrors of the Armenian genocide have…

I would like to thank the gentleman from Texas and the gentleman from Wisconsin for including in the en bloc amendment legislation that I have introduced to fly the U.S. flag at half-staff on all Government buildings on Peace Officers…

Mr. Chairman, I want to talk a minute about budget priorities. The First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton, recently--in a speech at the National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda--following, I think, very good advice by Secretary Donna…

the Budget Committee has jurisdiction not over the allocation for each function of Government, such as agriculture, defense, transportation, and so forth, but only over the overall spending amount. The Solomon budget would balance the…

I am honored to join Congressman Synar and Congressman Swift in introducing the Waste Export and Import Control Act of 1994. The United States joined with over 100 nations in signing the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary…

reluctantly, because I have such respect for the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Boehner], I rise to oppose the amendment which would eliminate title I transition projects. Over the past year the Subcommittee on Labor-Health and Human…

I support H.R. 6. This is not a perfect bill, and we are going to vote later today and next week to fix some of the problems, particularly in the provisions regarding home schooling. But both of the gentleman from Michigan and the…

this is probably the first time in my 12 years as a Congressman in the House of Representatives that I have risen to support a rule that is not an ``open'' rule. But, I believe that the rule before us is a fair and essentially open rule…