I think it is nuts to have a sign out there letting one of these people who has malice in their heart to know that they are the only person that is going to have weapon there.

I certainly would not support that.

There were, clearly, multiple failures at both the local level and by the FBI--of the system--to prevent this horror from happening.

it's time that we use all mechanisms, all tools available to us to ensure that Tehran does not continue to undermine peace in the region

I want to thank Representative Kinzinger and Ranking Member Engel for their work on H.R. 4681, the No Assistance for Assad Act

I thank the gentlewoman from California for yielding. First of all, I am glad that the gentlewoman isn't talking about Wall Street this evening. The gentlewoman always wants to talk about Wall Street, and I am glad we are talking about…

I thank Chairman Goodlatte, Majority Leader McCarthy, and Congressman Rutherford for their leadership on this important legislation. Over the years, our Nation's schools have become soft targets for any would-be killer who has gotten…

In recognition of International Women's Day, I would like to acknowledge the efforts of two women from Cincinnati. Long ago, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote ``Uncle Tom's Cabin'' in Cincinnati. When she later met Abraham Lincoln in the White…

I appreciate Mr. Shimkus yielding. And I want to thank Chairman Walden, as well, for his hard work in this area, as well as Mr. Shimkus', and the entire Energy and Commerce Committee for their leadership in this area. As chairman of the…

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We hear on a daily basis the positive results this law is already generating for hard-working Americans.

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I thank the gentleman for yielding. I also thank him for pulling together this Special Order here this evening. As the gentleman mentioned, I used to be the chair of the subcommittee that he now chairs, and that is the Foreign Affairs…

I rise this evening to honor former Congressman and Cincinnati Mayor Tom Luken, who passed away last week at the age of 92. Tom Luken was a Democratic stalwart and something of a local political legend representing the people of Cincinnati…

I would argue that those talks are--it is blackmail, it is a fraud, it is a sham, in my view.

I thank the chairman for his leadership in ensuring that a number of important reforms to section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act were included in this legislation. I rise in support of this modified version of S. 139…

Congress can and should put guardrails on the administration to both direct it to put more pressure on a target and to say, 'You can't turn the car around without coming to Congress.'

I am not saying that we should not provide the authority, but an administration must not abuse that authority that we do provide.

But I think Congress has had historically the right outlook on it, whether you look at the Sudan laws, whether you look at the Iran laws, the NDAA, CISADA, whether you look at things like the Refusniks issue and the Jackson-Vanik Amendment…

I thank the chairman for his leadership on this. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of all three of these overwhelmingly bipartisan bills. First, I would like to speak on H.R. 535, the Taiwan Travel Act, a bill which I introduced this…

This bill helps address a critical issue protecting women and girls who face challenges literally at birth.