I don't quite understand what the other side is saying today, talking about politics and being irresponsible and not compassionate. Are you kidding me? Here in the House of Representatives and in the Senate we take an oath to support and…

I thank Mr. Garrett for the opportunity to address the House. Mr. Speaker, it is the responsibility of the United States House of Representatives, this body, and also the United States Senate, to protect our families. There is nothing more…

I must tell everybody who is listening today that there is a reason that I am Parker's favorite Member of Congress: Because I have earned that respect and that right. With that said, I am delighted to speak up about Parker Poling. I notice…

Americans are alarmed by the unsafe and unhealthy situation along the Southwest border. A caravan of thousands and thousands of Central Americans has made its way through Mexico to camp just on the other side of the border fence in Texas…

The national debt--I am pivoting a little bit, Mr. Powell--is about $21 trillion. It is horrible.

At what point do you think the debt service payments, the interest on that debt becomes a problem for our economy?

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: TITLE __--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. _01. STUDY OF FEES CHARGED TO LOBSTER…

I know deep down in Mr. Young's heart, he is a Mainer at heart. I know that. I have been to Alaska. It is a good State. Maine is a great State, and, as a result, I know Mr. Young is going to support this amendment.

I thank Chairman Young very much for this opportunity to be here. Mr. Chairman, ``Maine is Vacationland.'' Everybody in the country and everybody on this floor should know that. In fact, Mr. Chairman, we put ``vacationland'' on our license…

I happen to believe, and I know you do too, Mr. Carson, that the role of government is to help people escape poverty, not help them become comfortable in poverty.

I have never seen a part of our Federal government, to be very honest with you, Mr. O'Rourke, who is--tries to be less accountable than the VA.

I would encourage you to discuss them in the most energetic and passionate way on behalf of those that should not be designated SIFIs.

My primary constitutional responsibility, Mr. Novy, is to protect our families and there is no one who is more pro jobs, pro business, pro national security, pro protecting our families than I am.

Maine is a big small town. Our population is only 1.3 million people, and it seems like everybody, Mr. Speaker, knows everybody else. But this opioid epidemic has devastated so many of our families in the great State of Maine, including…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 262. Stated against:

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on roll call No. 240. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes…

I greatly appreciate everybody recognizing the importance of the hardworking folks at the Defense Financing Accounting Services. Lots of our fellow Americans might not realize that DFAS has an incredibly important function to cut the…

If we start raising taxes, if we start layering more and more regulations like we have been the last 10 years, we are going to be growing at half what we are growing at now.

I thank the chairman for bringing this terrific bill to the floor. Mr. Speaker, the unemployment rate in our great State of Maine is 2.7 percent. This is the lowest rate since the 1950s, and jobs, Mr. Speaker, are available everywhere for…

Yesterday, fellow Mainers and law enforcement officials from across our great State gathered in Augusta to add one more name to the Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wall: Nathan Desjardins. The number of names on the memorial wall…

I thank the gentleman for those kind words. I would agree with him, Maine is the greatest State in the Union. I know he didn't say that, but I know he meant that. Mr. Speaker, Maine is the home of the most honest, hardest working people…

Now, up in Maine, where I come from, that is a conflict of interest. And here is why that matters.

We need to make sure all of our rural hospitals in the State of Maine and throughout the country get paid, and this bill says if they are not paid within 30 days, then interest starts accruing on that. This is a great win for our veterans…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this is a great day, a great week for America. Here we are celebrating not only our great veterans, who have given us our freedom and our way of life, but also our great police officers, who…