Lee Zeldin

I thank Mrs. McMorris Rodgers for being a strong leader, a trailblazer, and a role model to many women who serve here in this Chamber and to, I am sure, countless women inside of her district and all around this country. Mr. Speaker, I…

In 1981, we started a national celebration in the United States honoring women. Congress passed legislation which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week of March 7, 1928, as Women's History Week. {time} 1545 Throughout…

Before I begin, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the topic of this Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…

I am witnessing, firsthand, the gentlewoman's giving back many times over. I thank her for participating in honor of Women's History Month and for all she does in creating her own legacy and trailblazing herself, which I am sure will be…

I would also venture to guess, during the gentlewoman's time as a prosecutor in our judicial system, that there have been countless women whom she has seen firsthand who have searched for that advice on how to go through that really tough…

I thank Mrs. Black for her important words and again for all her service. One of the things that I will forever be inspired by with regard to Mrs. Black's service here in this Chamber is how much she values family and the strength of a…

I thank the gentlewoman. In all seriousness, she really does provide inspiration for so many in how much she values a strong family. Mr. Speaker, I yield to Mr. Ted Poe, who is well respected in this Chamber for not just his straight talk…

All right. Hopefully, I won't be doing that as a last resort. I might make that plan A.

If they ever give me a hard time, I will say that Diane Black told me that this was only going to be temporary.

After this hour is over, at another time, maybe the gentlewoman can give me advice, since I have two 9-year-old girls at home, as to what is in store for me in 2 or 3 years. I hear these vicious rumors that things might change.

I can only imagine how many stories the gentlewoman might have along the way of the people with whom she came in contact. Mr. Speaker, for me, my parents were divorced and remarried, so I grew up with four parents. I went through a few…

I thank the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee as well as his great staff for all of their incredible assistance in making sure that this legislation not only came to the House floor for a vote, but came to the House floor for…

Tonight I rise on behalf of our veterans who return home with the mental wounds of war. For generations, we have sent our sons and daughters into harm's way. For generations, they have served this country honorably. They don't come home in…

I commend Representative Sinema for her efforts on behalf of the Somers family. We lose a lot of our sons and daughters in harm's way, and there is reflection for that family as to what that sacrifice accomplished. I guess it depends on…

I thank the gentleman literally for every single word and for his passion and advocacy on behalf of all the veterans not only in his district, but in mine and elsewhere. It is so incredibly important for the words that we just heard to be…

I would like to congratulate the gentleman from Pennsylvania on his recent promotion to general and for all of his service not just here in Congress, but also in uniform. This week President Obama sent an incomplete plan to Congress to…

The President has stated that the nuclear agreement is not based on trust but is based on verification.

Shifting gears, on a completely separate topic, I also rise today to discuss the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which has spread at rapid rates across South America, Central America, and the Caribbean, infecting individuals in more than 25…

This week I introduced legislation in the House to expand the PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Veterans Peer Support Program to the national level. PFC Joseph Dwyer was from Mount Sinai, New York, located in my home district of Suffolk County. PFC…

You are to be commended, all of you, and to be thanked by the fishermen on Long Island, for taking the time to come out and hear our problems.

So it is an incredible balancing act, in terms of trying to allow those livelihoods to continue to happen, along with balancing the very fragile environmental priorities of that region.

Just to start with the most egregious impact--by redrawing that line and putting a lot of those waters out of the Federal Government's domain and into the state of Rhode Island's, my lobstermen, by law, cannot get a non-resident permit to…

The Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2016 is so important for resolving the vulnerabilities that currently exist with international security abroad.

I strongly encourage my colleagues in Congress to join in this effort to address a serious national security threat and vote today to pass the Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2016 to keep Americans safe.

I think it is important for our constituents to know exactly what the President's strategy is in Afghanistan, in Iraq, and Syria.