Mr. Speaker, I thank now my two favorite marines. That was very nice. Thanks to both of them. Last Congress, in the Natural Resources Committee, we actually had an oversight hearing regarding the child protection crisis on the Spirit Lake…

Mr. Chairman, reducing our ICBM alertness is reducing our readiness, and the whole point of the Defense Authorization Act is to ensure our military readiness. The ICBMs have been a very effective deterrent to enemy aggression for decades…

This bipartisan legislation expands the charitable IRA rollover to provide middle and lower-income individuals and families more opportunities to give to a charity or a cause that they support.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity to present today H.R. 5171, the Legacy IRA, introduced by Ways and Means Oversight Committee Chairman, Mr. Roskam.

The higher transportation and electricity costs will then lead to an increase in the cost of all goods and services, with the massive amount of regulations and red tape that has been proposed and finalized by this Administration--by the…

A carbon tax, which is defined in the resolution as a Federal tax on carbon released from fossil fuels, is really an energy tax and an energy tax that includes taxing most means of electricity generation, gasoline, natural gas, and home…

But what should also be noted is that it will disproportionately affect those at the lower end of the economic spectrum, and those on fixed incomes.

I thank Mrs. Brooks for her leadership on this--Mr. Kennedy's as well--and for bringing this important legislation to our committee and to the floor. Mr. Chairman, I rise to support H.R. 4641. With heroin addiction now being three times…

There are lots of good reasons to incent contributions in charity, not the least of which is charity actually replaces the need for government services.

Let me just give an example. I mean if you were a middle-income family, you reach, as the wage earner, the age of 65, you retire, and never in your wildest dreams did you think you could make a $100,000 contribution to your alma mater, but…

Mr. Speaker, forgive me for being proud, but today my 750,000 fellow North Dakotans and I are standing a little taller as we celebrate the extraordinary accomplishments of one exceptional young man. Last night, every television in North…