We respect STEM very much but we put an A right in the middle. STEAM.

I was in a mobile home the other day where with the weather being 20 below the man's wall actually somehow expanded.

I rise this evening to join my remarks along with those of Congressman Steve Cohen of Tennessee to reach our beloved colleague, Walter Jones of the Third District of North Carolina, and his family as they walk through these difficult days…

I urge my colleagues to support the consolidated package of six appropriations bills and reopen the federal government. This unprecedented shutdown has ground our country to a halt. Every day this shutdown continues, families in my…

By now, you have seen the images of furloughed public servants lined up at food banks across our beloved country. This is a sight seen in communities everywhere, including throughout northern Ohio. I rise today to call attention to the…

I thank Congresswoman Velazquez for her daunting and unparalleled leadership in trying to help the people of Puerto Rico. And I thank our very distinguished ranking member for his interest in helping to solve the real challenge of Cano…

I thank my dear friend, the chair of the Appropriations Committee, for yielding me this time. Madam Chair, I rise in support of H.R. 268, the emergency disaster recovery package. National disasters across our Nation devastated the lives of…

In conclusion, this nation must confront, head-on, the reality of strengthening storms. We must help all communities recover from disasters, as we never know when it will hit our own backyard. Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to support…

As co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Poland, it is with a truly heavy heart that I rise this morning to express deepest sympathy to our NATO ally, Poland, and its countrymen and women on the brutal slaying of visionary…

I thank Chairwoman Lowey for the recognition and the opportunity to speak. Madam Speaker, this vote is a tribute to the thousands of Federal patriots who have shown up to work for the past 25 days, working with no pay. This must end today…

This could include enhanced electronic surveillance between ports of entry. This could include additional personnel at all ports of entry to increase checks. And, frankly, in communities like I represent, it should involve increasing DEA…

Let's pay tribute to the thousands of America's patriots going to work with no pay. It is wrong for the President to use his authority to harm our Republic. Public service employees hold our country together. Take this story shared by…