I first want to thank Chairman Hensarling and Ranking Member Waters for their hard work in crafting this bipartisan package of bills. If enacted, this much-needed legislation will deliver American small businesses and entrepreneurs…

I want to thank my friend and colleague, Mr. Walker, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor and in memory of Corporal Jeffery Allen Williams from my district in Warrenville, Illinois. Jeff will be remembered by his fellow…

I want to thank Chairman Huizenga for his work on this and so many other important things on the Financial Services Committee and the Capital Markets, Securities, and Investment Subcommittee. I also want to begin by giving special thanks…

It is my honor and privilege to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith), the very effective and helpful chairman of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, and also cosponsor of this legislation.

I rise on World Refugee Day to draw attention to the plight of the Rohingya people in Myanmar. Since October 2016, the Burmese military has targeted the Rohingya people with what the State Department has described as ethnic cleansing…

I thank Chairman Hensarling for his leadership and for moving this important legislation forward. Mr. Chair, the United States has an opioid epidemic, one that is claiming more than 115 lives every single day. The faces and the stories of…

First, I want to thank Chairman Hensarling. Without his incredible commitment and effort, we would not be here today. I am convinced of that. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak in support of the very bipartisan S. 2155, the Economic…

I first want to thank the hardest working, most effective chairman in all of Congress; and I also want to thank my good friend and colleague French Hill for sponsoring this legislation. I also want to thank my friend and colleague from…

I thank Chairman Hensarling for his work on this and some of the other things. When you look at the number of bipartisan bills that have passed out of the Financial Services Committee this session, it is really impressive, and I am…

I want to thank my good friend from Maine, Bruce Poliquin, for sponsoring this bipartisan legislation. The Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act amends the Dodd-Frank Act to make some commonsense changes to stress testing…

This is an exciting, important debate. I rise today to speak in support of H.R. 4263, the Regulation A+ Improvement Act. Congressman MacArthur's bipartisan legislation would increase the offering amount that companies can offer under Tier…

I thank Congressman Mitchell for yielding. Illinois is a high-tax State. We have seen Illinois State taxes continue to go up, so it is a welcome relief that Congress has brought Federal tax relief to the people of Illinois, and especially…

I thank Chairman Barr for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak in support of H.R. 2226, the Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act, and I am proud to be an original cosponsor of this legislation. This is something that…

I appreciate Congressman LaMalfa's words. I am next honored to recognize the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Olson).

I am so grateful for so many of my colleagues who were able to join us tonight to remember Reverend Billy Graham, born November 7, 1918, and died February 21, 2018. Billy Graham was a lion of the Christian faith and a believer in the…

I am next honored to recognize the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa). Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate Mr. Hultgren for leading this effort here tonight but also his great spiritual counsel and partnership in this building…

Tonight, the U.S. House is joining together to begin honoring a man known worldwide but who embodied the humility of who Christ called the poor in spirit, Reverend Billy Graham. Tomorrow, Reverend Billy Graham will be just the fourth…

I am next honored to yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Loudermilk).

I am next honored to yield to the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Smith).

I also want to thank Chairman Hensarling for all of his work moving this important regulatory reform through. I speak today in support of H.R. 4296, to place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations…

I thank Chairman Hensarling, and I am so grateful for his work on this package of bills that are so important. I rise today to speak in support of H.R. 3978, the TRID Improvement Act, and all the additional measures that have been included…

On Saturday morning, Ron Parish of Yorkville, Illinois, passed from the loving arms of his wife, Becky, into the open arms of Jesus. Ron was a lifelong salesman whose career included RC Cola, Nabisco, McCormick spice company, and more…

I again want to reiterate my support for this important legislation to keep the United States at the forefront of discovery and fundamental research. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleagues for their support. I encourage passage of H.R. 4377…

It is unacceptable that the Chinese enjoy broad access to the United States while U.S. citizens' access to Tibet is highly restricted.