The international response to the quake, however, has been considerable.

The incredible loss of life is tragic beyond words, and the loss of thousands of years of history places an enormous gap in the historical record of Nepal's people.

The dedicated U.S. team that joined the response effort deserves our gratitude.

I think we all know that access to capital is one of the most critical challenges that is faced by small businesses in today's environment.

I am planning to introduce a bill shortly that would statutorily eliminate the origination fees on 7(a) loans, the express loans to veterans.

I recently introduced HR 10-23, the Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015, which would increase the amount of capital available to small businesses by raising the family of funds cap from $225 million to $350 million.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise today as chairman of the House Small Business Committee to support the en bloc amendment, which includes the bipartisan amendment offered by Mr. Connolly of Virginia and myself. It…

Bangladesh has long represented a moderate secular nation, which has worked hard to pull itself out of extreme poverty.

Sheikh Hasina insisted provisions were in place to conduct a fair election, and we know that didn't really happen.

I met with both Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, and it was evident at that time that both sides sat at an impasse.

Allowing Taiwan to participate in Interpol is beneficial for all of us.

It is important that they know we stand by their side.

This fiction that it is a separate country is something that at some point needs to be put to rest.

It is with a heavy heart that I come to the floor to speak today. Last Friday, Lauren Hill, a basketball player at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, succumbed in her battle with DIPG, a rare form of inoperable brain cancer…

We have got to make it simpler, and flatter, and fairer.

Our Nation demands a vital small-business industrial base. It is fundamental to the health of our Nation as whole.

The problems in Yemen are just incredible.

I hope to see those provisions incorporated in this year's NDAA.

I would argue that they certainly have gotten worse under this administration.

I will not take that much time. Mr. Speaker, there seems to be a lot of bad news these days and negative stories, but I would like to take this opportunity to highlight some uplifting stories from the Cincinnati area, the area that I…

This President--there has been no President that has damaged relations between the United States and Israel more than this President.

Isn't it foolish to trust them now? Wouldn't a bad deal be throwing Israel under the proverbial bus?

That is the least credible answer I have heard all morning, that this--no President has done more for the American-Israeli relationship than this President.

Thank you, Chairman Chabot, for all of your work in advancing the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act earlier this year.

The House went through regular order to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, but in keeping with our constitutional right, we elected to not fund the President's executive amnesty. We have a policy difference with the President…