I urge my colleagues to support the Dignity in Aging Act. As vice chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, I am honored to be a part of this bipartisan effort to respond to the challenges facing a generation of aging Americans…

My bipartisan amendment cracks down on foreign influence in our elections. I would like to begin by thanking my friend and coauthor of this amendment, Ranking Member McCaul, with whom I have the great privilege of serving on the House…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 36, insert after line 22 the following: SEC. 206. PROHIBITING ESTABLISHMENT OF CORPORATION TO CONCEAL…

I will close by thanking the gentleman from Illinois for his kinds words on this. We really have worked hard as a team. It is a truly bipartisan effort. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

For the purpose of closing. Mr. Speaker, 80 years ago, at the beginning of World War II, a ship called the St. Louis neared America's shores. 937 passengers, almost all Jewish refugees of the Nazis, asked for the United States to allow…

I want to start by thanking the gentleman from California (Mr. Ted Lieu) and the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Diaz-Balart) for introducing this resolution, which affirms the importance of U.S. leadership to assist the unprecedented number…

For the purpose of closing. Mr. Speaker, it has been 2 years since the massacres in Rakhine State, and the suffering continues across the border in Bangladesh. The House has passed this legislation before with an overwhelming and…

For the purpose of closing. Mr. Speaker, I am so happy that, between the day we introduced this legislation and today, Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo, and Aung Ko Htwe were released, but there are so many other people like them whose names we do not…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, America's first responders represent to the world the humanity at the heart of our Nation. I, again, thank the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot)…

For purposes of closing. Mr. Speaker, the First Responders Passport Act is a good measure that passed the House in the 114th Congress. I am glad we are considering it again today. This is a straightforward and commonsense measure to make…

For the purpose of closing. Mr. Speaker, let me first thank my colleagues who have taken part in this debate. I thank the gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. Wagner) and the ranking member, Mr. McCaul, for their leadership in this area. I want…

For the purpose of closing. Mr. Speaker, this resolution offers a positive vision for our trilateral relationship. Its passage today reaffirms the importance of our countries' cooperation on critical economic and security issues and calls…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. Wagner), the vice ranking member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the author of the Southeast Asia Strategy Act.

I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot), a senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the author of the First Responders…

I thank my colleague, the gentleman from California, for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I am proud to rise in strong support of this bill as someone who has had the privilege of spending 2 weeks in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 15 years…

I thank my colleague for his comments. I would only point out that the seismic testing involved in preparing for possible offshore wind is orders of magnitude less disruptive. It is not at all comparable to the seismic testing done for oil…

My bipartisan amendment establishes a moratorium on seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean. I would like to begin by thanking my friends, Chairman Lowenthal, Chairman Grijalva, and Congressman Cunningham, for leading this bill and for…

I thank my colleague for his tremendous leadership on this issue. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, add the following: SEC. 5. MORATORIUM ON SEISMIC ACTIVITIES RELATED TO OIL, GAS…

I thank my colleague, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Judy Chu) for yielding. Madam Speaker, I am proud to rise in strong support of the Promoting Respect for Individuals' Dignity and Equality, or PRIDE, Act, which I have been…

I want to thank Chairman Bobby Scott for his incredible leadership on this bill, and I rise in strong support of the Raise the Wage Act. Mr. Speaker, I would remind the previous speaker and the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Allen) that we…

I include in the Record a letter to all Members of the House from the AFL-CIO. AFL-CIO, July 12, 2019. Dear Representative: On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I am writing to urge you to vote for the ``Raise the Wage Act of 2019'' (H.R. 582)…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 68, strike line 24 through page 69, line 3, and insert the following: (2) with respect to the…

According to the Anti-Defamation League, domestic extremists killed at least 50 people in the United States in 2018, a sharp increase from the 37 extremist-related murders documented in 2017. Indeed, that is a 26 percent jump in 1 year…

I thank Chairman Smith for giving me these minutes to talk about two amendments that I have brought forth that are part of this en bloc. First is an amendment about PFAS, which we have heard a little bit about already. It is important to…