We do have to be vigilant, but unfortunately, what happens is we make laws and we make laws for the bad guys, not for the good.

It is still going on now. What are you going to do to stop it?

I just remain apprehensive, and I will have to oppose it.

It is almost just human nature if you see something that is better you try to get to what is better and you want your child to have a better life than you have had.

So, in the midst of record trade deficits, we are here today debating--and I can't believe this--whether or not we need to reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank.

But sometimes that does not translate down to the common person who is trying to get a job and want to better themselves and improve their families.

Mr. Chair, here I stand in support of an amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriation Act. Specifically, the proposed amendment would strike Section 539 of this bill to allow funding to be used to mandate…

Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor today to oppose H.R. 4587, the Venezuelan Human Rights and Democracy Protection Act. And while I am deeply troubled by the violence that erupted in Venezuela at the onset of protests months ago, and I join…

It is my sincere hope that dialogue can be successful, but in moments like this, I hope that we understand that unilateral sanctions would be another policy mistake--a costly mistake that we can and should avoid.

I just hope, as I review some of the bills, that we are not trying to, in certain ways, undermine or weaken or cripple the CFPB.

I don't think there is a single American that doesn't detest Boko Haram from the bottom of their hearts.