I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman didn't answer my question, of course.

It has nothing to do with the standard of care at the VA, managed by the administration, which, of course, has had the Presidency for the last 3 years. Whether you pay $5 for prescription drugs or $50 for prescription drugs, that is not…

First of all, I want to start by congratulating Chairwoman Lowey and Ranking Member Granger on working together. I want to congratulate the members of the Appropriations Committee. I know there wasn't always agreement. I am hopeful, as we…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I want to thank Mr. McHenry for his leadership as ranking member of the committee, and for his bringing this to the floor. I want to thank my very good friend, not my Republican friend, my very good…

I strongly support statehood for people--for the people of the District of Columbia.

I strongly support statehood for the people of the District of Columbia.

I view this as one of the most important civil rights and voting rights issues of our day.

One of the greatest blots on our democracy is having 700,000 of our citizens unable to be fully represented.

Power concedes nothing without a demand.

no, we're not in an impeachment investigation.

The defense bill passed this House with almost every Republican voting against it. It was a bill that provided $733 billion, a figure that the Joint Chiefs of Staff suggested publicly. It was a figure that I know personally was a figure…

We have said all along that we want to get to yes on the USMCA. Frankly, we think it is an improvement over NAFTA, which needs improving. As the gentleman may know, the Speaker and I were here when we voted on NAFTA. We both voted for it…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, the House will meet at 12 p.m. for morning- hour debate, and 2 p.m. for legislative business, with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. On Wednesday and Thursday of next week, the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I understand the gentleman said a lot of things about reaching bipartisan agreements and all of this sort of stuff, and the Senate needed 60 votes. They didn't introduce a bill. Not a single…

I thank the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise) for yielding. We can discuss all sorts of bills, but we discussed the appropriations process. And the gentleman expressed how they were able to pass 70 percent of funding of the government…

The chairman of the committee spoke about their process. Their process has been a fact-finding process. That is our responsibility as a Congress. That is his responsibility and the committee's responsibility as a committee. The majority…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I didn't want to get into this debate, and I don't want to prolong it, but I do not want the premises articulated by the whip, Mr. Speaker, to stand unobjected to. In my view, Mr. Speaker, the Mueller…

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding. I thank Mr. Bishop for his leadership as well. I rise in strong support of this bill introduced by Mr. Cunningham from South Carolina and two other bills on the floor this week that will…

I thank the distinguished chairman, Mr. Yarmuth, the chairman of the Budget Committee, for yielding. I thank Mr. Womack for his leadership, both as chairman, now as ranking member on the committee, as we look to pursue fiscally responsible…

This is a sad day in the history of the House. Some 21 years ago, a deranged individual came through the door that we now call the Memorial Door and took the lives of two of our officers. I rise to pay tribute to my constituent Officer…

I just spoke about two who served our Capitol and our country. Unhappily, they lost their lives. I now speak about one who has served our House of Representatives as an institution much more happily, because she has served so well and so…

In response to my friend, Madam Speaker, I will tell him that the committee did, in fact, mark up bills this past Wednesday, yesterday, and those bills are being looked at to possibly move to the floor.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, on Tuesday, the House will meet at noon for morning- hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business, with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. On Wednesday and Thursday, the House will meet at…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. First of all, let me say two things: We are confronting, in my view, an unprecedented refusal of an administration to cooperate with the Congress in the exercise of its constitutional duties. I refer…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I want to go back to this free market and the minimum wage. The gentleman, Madam Speaker, projects that: Let the free market operate. We do not allow employers to hire people under a…