I thank the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Stewart). He is a true friend of Israel and a friend of mine as well. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of Israel and its right to self-defense as it faces the ongoing threat of terrorist rockets…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for his wisdom on this and so many other important issues facing us today. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

As I have said several times in recent weeks, I want to bring attention to the plight of Christians in the Middle East. Any person watching the news for the last several months will have seen an increasingly violent, chaotic, and…

This bill has 126 cosponsors and passed out of committee with bipartisan support. I strongly urge passage of this bill to protect the privacy of Americans accessing Federal Web sites and support this bipartisan legislation. Mr. Speaker, I…

I urge my colleagues to support passage of this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Bentivolio) that the House suspend the rules…

There are not that many people in this country that are aware of the persecution that Christians are facing in the Middle East. Some people have a vague idea, but they can't identify the specific groups that are being targeted. Today, I…

It has become apparent that the Federal agencies operate by one standing principle: do as I say, not as I do. The IRS has shown a blatant disregard for the truth, and it is apparent there is something to hide. Madam Speaker, I look to the…

There is a lot of uncertainty and instability in the Middle East. Violence and chaos are persistent themes, and political uprisings, revolutions, insurgencies, and waning democracies have controlled the dialogue on the Middle East for the…

Last week, we learned the IRS--the most powerful and intimidating Federal agency in existence and the agency now working to monitor our health care--has ``lost'' over 2 years of emails from at least six employees. In a master stroke of…

On rollcall No. 359, I was unavoidably detained during passage of H.R. 6. An important discussion on matters pertaining to U.S. Marine held prisoner in Mexico. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' Stated against:

The crisis unfolding in Iraq is deeply troubling to the American people. The rapid fall of several cities in Iraq to terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIS, has brought the militant group dangerously closer to…