Chris Smith: “Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sorrow that I inform the House that our dear friend and colleague, Don Payne, has passed.”

I, like many in the House and the Senate, want to thank President Trump for requesting on numerous occasions that Xi Jinping release Jimmy Lai and other women and men who are gravely sick and unjustly incarcerated. It is not largely known…

This bill is going to lead to exploitation of minors, exploitation of children.

It could jeopardize the whole future of high-energy physics.

I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1427 Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the Honorable William J. Pascrell…