I urge Members to include provisions that would protect and restore the resiliency of the Great Lakes shoreline for today, tomorrow, and generations to come.

We can't continue to throw good money after bad, and need to repair this levee to the fullest possible extent and not simply the cheapest.

I really urge the committee to look at this issue.

The Brandon Road Lock and Dam Project represents our best opportunity to prevent Asian carp from ever reaching the Great Lakes.

Congress needs to make protecting and preserving the Great Lakes a national priority.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise today in support of S. 2107, which will help ensure the safety and security of our agricultural imports. The U.S. agriculture sector is a vitally important component of the American economy. In my…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The United States Postal Service has a history as old as our Nation. Our Nation's Founders believed that it was so important that they put it in the Constitution and many people back home don't realize…

Just so you know, I served as a professional firefighter, as a union firefighter for many years, and I was trained at one of the best schools in the Nation, the Illinois Firefighters Academy.

We can not be putting our heads in the sand and ignoring it. We need to deal with it, whether it is male or female, and we need to get it done and done correctly.

the Trump Organization wants to get out of the lease.

This ongoing deepening and widening project will increase jobs, our annual GDP, and provide billions in increased tax revenues.

We just need to find the political courage to spend it.

My district is home to several critical Civil Works projects of great economic benefit to the country.

Earlier this year, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that impeachment should be ``compelling, overwhelming, and bipartisan.'' Let me tell you that, if you come from the State of Illinois, you understand what it is to have an impeachment that is…

I am prepared to close. Madam Speaker, as has been testified today from both sides of the aisle, both of these programs are vitally important. We believe this legislation would move forward in making sure that both veterans and the blind…

This, too, will likely be dealt with as commonsense legislation, making sure that the grants are delivered and that the proper amount of grants are delivered to make sure proper safety occurs not only in the fishing industry, but we should…

Obviously, from the conversations we have had here today, this is commonsense legislation. You know, we have banned smoking and also know the problems we faced this last year with e-cigarettes, the reasons and concerns that are out there…

Yes. We want to make sure you get it right because--and this is me speaking, just because I have been here 5 years and there has been many a thing that has come before us, not only on this committee, but on different committees that I…

This law extended the presumption of exposure to the Blue Water Navy veterans.

We want this done right. We want--it has been too long.

We are committed to ensuring that VA does not wrongfully deny these veterans the benefits they have earned.

I am especially focused on VA's plan to analyze deck logs that will allow the Department to determine which veterans served in the offshore waters of Vietnam.

Passing the Blue Water Navy Act was the right thing to do for our Nation's veterans.

Recognizing that the intent is one thing, but we are talking about a law.

This legislation was prompted by VA's attempt in three different cemeteries to remove the memorial.