Transportation, commerce has always been at the core of the Federal Government, what our role is in the Constitution.

it is not about gamesmanship. One of the problems that I get concerned about is that we have essentially made this into a game of rhetoric, placing false blame and false consequences at times.

WRDA does matter, and again, it is a bill that when I say 'WRDA' I always need to follow with Water Resources and Development Act.

Mr. Speaker, over the past 2 months, Federal official after Federal official has talked about the need to furlough employees due to sequestration, yet the government continues to hand out millions of dollars in bonuses to Federal…

to truly have economic prosperity and economic freedom there first and must always be the protection of religious liberties and with human rights to make sure that those are protected and upheld in every situation.

if we are going to make a statement we need to have teeth and action behind that statement, not just simply rhetoric that plays well in the media.

I want to commend the chairman for bringing that up in that environment.

the most important thing that Secretary Kerry could do on his trip coming up in just a few days is to highlight this particular issue diplomatically

We need to invest and break down the great firewall so that the Chinese people can freely speak.

As we have a global economy, it is so important for us to look at the global situation as it relates to human rights.

North Korea's objective is to get those troops out.