So you can imagine my dismay and consternation when I learned that, in his rush to fulfill campaign promises to close GTMO, the administration released a terrorist by the name of Obaidullah in the last round of detainee transfers. Who was…

I thank so much, first, my colleague Jackie Walorski for introducing this very important piece of legislation that I am proud to cosponsor, and secondly, Chairman Forbes. I thank the gentleman for his leadership on national defense, on…

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 (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made…

I would just thank the gentleman for giving some free advertising there to the agency and proving my point: that we don't need to spend over $15 million of taxpayer money on this. All these services are available already online. Consumers…

I encourage all my colleagues to support this commonsense measure to save the taxpayer dollar and to curb irresponsible spending. More thorough oversight of the CFPB is necessary, and I believe this is a step in the right direction. So I…

I thank the Chairman. I really appreciate his support. I reserve the balance of my time.

As our military has been severely shortchanged over the past few years from budget cuts, it has been stretched thin--too thin--and we must make some very significant decisions to ensure our military readiness remains at a level capable of…

I offer an amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 8, line 22, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(reduced by $20,000,000)''. Page 20, line 14, after…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I appreciate your support. It is critical that we modernize these plants, and I urge all my colleagues to support this amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The…

Today I rise to bring attention to the research that the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives is conducting. On April 20 of this year, Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives Chairman Marsha Blackburn held a hearing on the pricing…

It is reckless to propose this amendment. Not only does it allow them to come here on our own shores and live in our own neighborhoods, but the administration has estimated it would cost potentially $475 million just to move them here. It…

In August of 2013, the southern portion of my district experienced a major disaster involving heavy flooding, which devastated infrastructure and caused significant hardship to many of my constituents. Unfortunately, the Federal recovery…