Ann Wagner

It matters to the taxpayers--to the Missouri 2nd Congressional District people that I represent.

I ask that you urgently consider the Navy's unfunded request and add 12 F/A-18 Super Hornets to the President's budget to address the tactical aviation shortfall and, more importantly, the warfighters' needs.

I felt, Mr. Chairman, because you asked the question, that I did not have a Treasury attache at post but I did call upon them on a case-by-case basis.

I need--the world, our country, needs these actual assets or bank--these things closed or shut down, these institutions, these particular accounts, these folks.

It is about building relationships.

I would like to thank the panel for coming today and appearing to discuss the important issue of stopping terrorist financing in the developing world.

I thank my dear friend and colleague, the gentlewoman from Virginia, Barbara Comstock, for organizing this Special Order and for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, Father Paul Scalia said in his beautiful eulogy of his father, Justice Antonin…

As elected Members of Congress, we must stand up for the powerless, and we must provide a voice for the voiceless. Today we are doing just that. Passing the International Megan's Law, which will provide advance notice of foreign travel by…

I thank the gentlemen for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 515, the International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking. I would like to thank, like so many have, Congressman Chris Smith for…

the debt ceiling should be an important and necessary tool to look back on our spending policies in order to find ways to cut this massive Federal Government.

this President said he wouldn't negotiate when we had a gun to their heads, and he cost this country and the taxpayers and the people tens of millions of dollars.

he decided to use the opportunity to lecture and pontificate, not negotiate.

the American people are tired of the dysfunction in Washington and tired of their elected officials and leaders failing to get things done.

the Administration manufactured and hyped up the crisis in order to prevent... Republicans and Congress... from enacting smart and responsible fiscal policy.

On rollcall No. 44, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' Personal Explanation

Thank you very, very much, Mr. Chairman. And I thank our witnesses for being here today to testify, many of whom are good and loyal, upstanding members of the State Department, of which I had the pleasure of serving as a United States…

I thank the chairman again for his support and all my colleagues who have come down here to the floor to speak on behalf of those low- and middle-income investors that need good, sound advice when it comes to their financial security and…

I would like to thank Chairman Hensarling and Subcommittee Chair Garrett for their support on this tremendous issue. Mr. Speaker, today I am pleased to stand before the House as the sponsor of H.R. 1090, the Retail Investor Protection Act…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 245, nays 186, not voting 3, as follows: [Roll No. 575]…

Today I rise to honor a brave American hero, Sergeant Zachary M. Fisher, from my hometown of Ballwin, Missouri. On July 14, 2010, Missouri's Second District lost a brave young man when United States Army Sergeant Zach Fisher was killed by…

I thank the chairman very, very much for his indulgence in these three post office namings. I thank the ranking member, also. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in honor of a brave young man from Missouri's Second Congressional District. On June…

Today I rise in honor of an American hero. On March 16, 2006, Missouri's Second Congressional District lost a brave young soldier when United States Army Sergeant Amanda N. Pinson was killed in a mortar attack while serving during…

Due to extenuating circumstances, I was unable to attend votes for the week of September 14 through September 18, 2015. On passage of H.R. 1214--National Forest Small Tracts Amendments Act of 2015 (rollcall vote No. 495), had I been…

Today I speak in support of H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, to terminate taxpayer support of this deplorable organization. I'd like to thank my good friend, Congresswoman Diane Black for her leadership on this issue…

A hundred-and-nine-billion dollars in new costs--