Certainly, yes, but we do commend your involvement. And there is a need to stay the course here and figure out ways to tighten the screws, if we possibly can.

Of course, in many ways, governance is basic, basic to everything else.

I hope you are right that the diplomatic presence can continue and will be effective and will offer substantial incentives for the maintenance of the gains that the Afghan people have made.

With respect to Gaza and the West Bank and the deeply destructive policies of the last administration, halting duly appropriated assistance funds to the West Bank and Gaza, closing the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, closing the PLO office in…

If you don't tell me how to answer the question, I promise you I won't tell you how to ask it.

It seems to me, from what we have heard and observed, especially in recent years, that we have a huge challenge of rebuilding back the prestige and the attractiveness of diplomatic service.

I would appreciate your reflections on this and what the evidence so far shows because we, of course, in this country have a strong stake in human rights and in supporting democratic governments worldwide.

I am proud to advocate the passage of H.R. 1112, the Protect Democracy in Burma Act; and H. Res. 134, a resolution condemning the military coup taking place in Burma. I commend Chairman Meeks and Ranking Member McCaul for their leadership…

We have consistently supported and will continue to ask Congress to consider preservation of green space and the elevation of structures above base-flood levels.

the Biden administration has launched a formal review of the detention facility, with the aim of finally closing it before President Biden leaves office. And that is something I strongly, very strongly, support.

the responsibility of all these things that you have mentioned does rest on your shoulders.

we literally have not delivered mail but once or twice a week to a community.

the Postal Service has over a 90 percent approval rating.

The President has engaged in conduct that is criminal, impeachable, and profoundly threatening to our democracy. He pressed State officials and Members of this body to overturn a legitimate election and to keep him in power. He then…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, although I am not opposed to the amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from North Carolina is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I thank my colleague and friend, Chairwoman Lowey. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this bill, particularly the division involving Transportation, HUD appropriations for fiscal year 2021. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend and the…

I claim the time in opposition, although I want to support the bill, if that is acceptable. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from North Carolina is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

The bill also provides increased funds for fair housing enforcement, which is all the more important given HUD's open hostility to bedrock fair housing laws and the President's racist tweet, just yesterday, about low-income housing in…

I appreciate, for one, the ability to do this, even though we are not physically this week in Washington.

This is a false economy that our friends in some quarters have pointed out, and it is one that will hurt research.

I do not think the reduction proposed for NIH is in the best interest of the American people.

You have got to be the best politician in a town of politicians to get appointed by Donald Trump and Barack Obama.

A sustained, steady commitment to increase NIH funding is critical to ensuring our Nation's future as a leader in biomedical research.

I believe we must look at this not only as a matter of the financial cost, but one of the human cost that I have noted.

Real lives are at stake.