I thank Mrs. Brooks for being here. Hopefully, for all of those young girls who come home from school and, as part of their routine, they are watching C-SPAN right now, looking for inspiration on what to do with their life--high school…

There are a lot of people here in this Chamber who all find different issues that interest them that they focus heavily on and move the ball forward in a very positive way. The one thing that I have experienced during my time serving…

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…

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 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…

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 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…

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…

Tonight I rise in solidarity with the people of France in the aftermath of last Friday's horrific terror attacks in Paris. I also commend the French for their swift leadership in decisively and powerfully taking immediate action. They are…

I thank Ms. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen for her inspiring leadership in bringing forth this bipartisan resolution. I am inspired as I listen to the words of Mr. Deutch and Mr. Engel as this is something that allows Americans to unite for a cause…

I thank the chairman for his leadership on the Veterans' Affairs Committee and for his unyielding passion toward always putting veterans first. I thank the great staff as well on both sides of the aisle with the Veterans' Affairs…