Madam Speaker, right now in my hometown of Flint, Michigan, there is a public health crisis. In the 21st century, in a city of 100,000 people, they cannot deliver safe drinking water. They can't guarantee safe drinking water because of…

I thank the ranking member. Mr. Chairman, this is actually a pretty simple question, and I know my friend from Iowa tends to see this question through the lens of his own personal experience and his own company, but, frankly, this is a…

Mr. Speaker, during his first speech, our new Speaker made a commitment to return the U.S. House of Representatives to regular order. What does that mean? Think ``Schoolhouse Rock,'' an orderly process where bills are introduced, debated…

Mr. Speaker, well, it is long past time for Congress to do its job and get serious about funding a long-term solution to fix our crumbling roads and bridges, all of our infrastructure in this country. In Michigan, of all States, we know…

I thank the ranking member for yielding and for her leadership on this issue, along with thanking Mr. Heck, Ms. Moore, Mr. Fincher, and Mr. Lucas. Mr. Speaker, the Ex-Im Bank used to be bipartisan legislation. It is so interesting to hear…

Mr. Speaker, well, even some of my Republican colleagues acknowledge that there is chaos in their conference and that chaos has consequences. Governing from one manufactured crisis to another, we have piled up a whole series of must-act…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that I have 5 legislative days--and any other speaker who may arrive--to revise and extend remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 6 o'clock and 28 minutes p.m.), the House adjourned until tomorrow, Friday, October 9, 2015, at 9 a.m. ____________________

Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor today just to take a few minutes to call attention to a problem that I have been trying to raise in this body and in my work before I came to Congress for some time, specifically, to describe the conditions…

Mr. Speaker, well, last week 151 Republicans, a majority of the Republicans in Congress, voted to shut down the Federal Government. This week, another entry into this calendar of chaos and dysfunction. We are coming up on several crucial…

Mr. Speaker, in a FOX News interview yesterday, the Republican speaker-in-waiting admitted to something that we have all known all along, and that is that the real motive of the Select Committee on Benghazi was simply to politically attack…