I thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Yoho), my good friend. I appreciate his work on this and for calling this Special Order together tonight. Once again, it is the time of year where I have the somber privilege to come to the floor and…

I recognize it is possible to have a regulatory regime that protects the American people.

Rules and regulations are driving financial institutions to merge, exit entire lines of businesses.

I want to thank Chairman Hensarling for his continued work on this, and I also want to thank my colleague and friend from Missouri, Blaine Luetkemeyer, for his important work on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be a cosponsor on this…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I am grateful to Congressman LaHood for hosting this, pulling this together, and it really is a great beginning of an anticipation of celebration for the next year's bicentennial of the statehood of my…

Again, I thank Congresswoman Sinema and Congressman Hollingsworth for their great work on this. This is an important step that will help our small businesses access the capital that they need to grow and to hire more workers. Mr. Speaker…

First, I would like to thank my friend, the ranking member, Maxine Waters, for her kind words. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from Kansas (Ms. Jenkins), sponsor of the House companion legislation.

I also have no further requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hultgren) that the House suspend the rules and pass the…

It is my privilege today to rise to recognize the 50th anniversary of the Sugar Grove Corn Boil, a volunteer-run annual summer festival bringing residents together to raise funds for local organizations doing good work in the community…

I especially want to thank Chairman Hensarling and the entire committee for all their hard work in getting us to this point to be able to pass H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act, a very important bill to reform significant parts of…

I rise during National Police Week to honor the men and women who every morning put on their badge and selflessly protect and serve our communities. Many heroically go above and beyond their duty. It was a privilege of mine to invite and…

I thank my good friend from Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 1219, the Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017. This is a bipartisan piece of legislation that has seen…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis) for offering this important amendment to study the impact of this legislation on employee ownership. I believe that employee ownership opportunities should be made widely available to all…

I want to thank my friends, colleagues from Colorado for their work on this, for their support of this important legislation. I rise today to speak in support of the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 1343, the Encouraging Employee…

I thank the chairman. I do want to thank my colleagues for being here. I think this is a really important discussion that we are having today. It is such an honor to serve with all of my colleagues. I do think some who have spoken opposed…

I thank Congressman LaHood and Congresswoman Bustos. It is so good to be here with my friends and colleagues to join in mourning the loss and celebrating the rich life of Illinois' own Bob Michel, who passed away this month at the age of…

It is a bitter reality that universal human rights are under daily assault around the world. I rise today joining in celebration and in mourning with Chinese democracy activist Zhu Yufu. This past week, he turned 64, but he marked the…

However, the Fed has implemented some controversial policies that I am concerned may have some unintended consequences that, in fact, could increase systemic risk.

I know we are in agreement on the need to prevent bailouts of our Nation's financial institutions from ever happening again.

I want to give a sincere thank-you to our distinguished chairman, Mr. Smith--the chairman of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology--for his work in this Congress and in past Congresses in bringing this bipartisan package of…

I thank the gentlewoman from Wyoming. I am so grateful to be here to talk on this important subject. Madam Speaker, Thomas Jefferson once said: ``The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object…

During Human Trafficking Awareness Month, I rise in support of the 21 million men, women, and children worldwide who are victims of this insidious enterprise. Human trafficking is nothing less than modern-day slavery. It targets society's…

I thank the gentleman from the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises for yielding to me and, also, thank Chairman Hensarling for his work. Today, I am proud to speak in support of the Helping Angels Lead Our…

My amendment encourages manufacturing innovation in the United States by requiring Federal agencies to give a high priority to the SBIR and STTR programs to small businesses engaged in manufacturing R&D.

I want to thank this bill's sponsors, Rep. Randy Hultgren and Rep. Bill Foster, for their long-standing support of basic research.