In closing, I just want to say again how proud I am of our Congress and our colleagues on both sides of the aisle coming together to work on very, very important legislation dealing with those who have been trafficked. Human trafficking is…

I would like to say again to my good friend and colleague from Florida, thank you for putting forward this effort to work with us. To my colleague, Mr. Pallone, I, too, believe that we need to work together. So just know that my door is…

Thank you to my colleague from North Carolina for, once again, being such a strong defender of life. Madam Speaker, I rise today to offer my support for H.R. 7. I believe in the sanctity of human life and that life begins at conception and…

We are ready to close. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I just want to say again thank you to my good friend for allowing me to be a part of this. I know how important it is to her and, again, thousands and thousands…

I am honored to stand before you to speak on behalf of my dear friend, the dean of our delegation, Howard Coble. He has been a source of wisdom, an esteemed colleague, and a loyal friend to all since taking office in 1985. One of the…

I thank Chairman Pitts for his leadership, and my colleague, Bill Cassidy, for this wonderful bill, H.R. 3522. This bill is very simple. It will allow people to keep the health insurance they had before ObamaCare took it away, their…

I thank the gentleman for yielding time as well. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank Chairman McKeon for allowing me to come before you today to speak on the necessity of preserving Pope Airfield's 440th Airlift Wing. I introduced this amendment…

Thank you to the chairman for bringing this very important legislation forward. I am pleased to be able to speak in strong support of the number of bills that we have today that will combat the problem of human sex trafficking. I would…

I thank my colleague who is working so hard on the Ways and Means Committee and also as vice chair of our conference. I rise today in support of the Save American Workers Act, an important bill that I am proud to say I am a cosponsor of as…

Thank you to the gentleman. And I would like to say thank you for helping out with this Special Order, being here, holding this Special Order along with Mr. Costa as part of the caucus in this bipartisan effort. As you know and as we need…

Thank you to my distinguished colleague. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, of which I am a proud cosponsor. I am here today for those who cannot speak for themselves. The premise of…