Mr. Speaker, last night, President Obama delivered his farewell address to the Nation. Today, I rise to thank President Obama for his steady and his strong leadership over the past 8 years. He has served this Nation with dignity, with…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from New York (Mr. Tonko) for yielding and for his work advocating on behalf of the people of my hometown, Flint. I also want to thank colleagues on both sides of the aisle: Leader Pelosi; our whip, Mr…

I thank my friend and colleague, the ranking member, for yielding and for her work on behalf of my hometown of Flint. She has been one of the strong advocates. Mr. Speaker, no piece of legislation that I have yet seen in the 4 years I have…

Madam Speaker, I thank my friend and colleague for her leadership and for yielding. Let's just be clear. We know what this is. This is yet another attempt to fund with Federal taxpayer dollars a Republican messaging effort to attack…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay respects and remember Officer Collin Rose, who was killed in the line of duty last week in Detroit while on patrol near Wayne State University. To the Rose family, including Collin's fiancee, Nikki, I am terribly…

We need to make sure that we are pursuing scientific research to fight diseases like diabetes, like Alzheimer's, and like multiple sclerosis, a disease my wife, Jennifer, has been fighting for 18 years. {time} 1545 We are one of those…

Mr. Speaker, my hometown of Flint--I am sure you have heard me talk about this before--continues to suffer in this crisis. One hundred thousand people, citizens of that city, still can't drink their water, which has been exposed to high…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend, the ranking member, and Chairman Royce for their work on this really important piece of legislation. For 5 years--for 5 long years--the world has witnessed this terrible tragedy unfold before our eyes…

Mr. Chairman, again, I thank my colleagues. I hope and pray that I have strong bipartisan support for this effort. It has surely been demonstrated by my friends who have spoken. This is one of those issues that should and ought to…

Mr. Chairman, may I ask how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee) has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman. I look forward to working with the chairman on this and working to successfully get this bill out of the House today so that we can work on it with the Senate.