I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the COMPETES Reauthorization Act, which is an attempt to disinvest, in my view, in research, innovation, and education at a time when we ought to be investing in…

Let me thank Mr. DeFazio for yielding and for the work that he does on this committee. Let me also say to the chairman of the committee, Mr. Shuster, how pleased I am with the kind of work that he does on the committee. Very frankly, Mr…

That is the only reason we passed sequester, and nobody intended sequester to go into effect. It was always a backup. Because we have failed to come to an agreement on a fiscally responsible, sustainable path, we have repaired to this…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to this. This is a mindless but easy cut. Tough words. By the way, this is sequester, which is a Republican proposal. It started in about 2011 but, really…

It is a moral responsibility that this generation pays for the investments that it needs to make in the infrastructure that will be used today and tomorrow. Mr. Shuster, I know, wants to do that. Mr. Shuster and Mr. DeFazio have the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. First, let me say that I agree with my friend who is, I think, one of our very responsible and able leaders in this Congress, Mr. Ellison. I appreciate his comments. I presume that everybody on this…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank both Mr. Smith, the ranking member, and Mr. Thornberry, the chairman of this committee, for working very hard on this bill. Both of them are responsible leaders in this…

It must address potentially military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program and bring about Iran's full cooperation with the U.N. Security Council resolutions. The United States must never permit Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, and we will…

Instead, let us work together in a bipartisan way to replace the unrealistic and ill-conceived--not my words but Hal Rogers' words--and, I would add, completely unworkable sequester caps with an alternative that enables Congress to invest…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this conference report. Written by House and Senate Republicans alone, it reaffirms their commitment to a severe and unworkable policy agenda that would harm the…

I will place a statement into the Congressional Record paying tribute to the memory of my dear friend, Earl Hargrove, who passed earlier this month. Earl was a very respected figure in Maryland's Fifth District; in Maryland; and, indeed…

When the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 to invalidate the preclearance formula in the original Voting Rights Act, it issued a challenge to Congress to pass an updated one. That is a challenge Congress must accept. Until Congress acts…