My Republican friends are going to be asked this month to embrace a budget and a tax proposal with highly disputed benefits. But what is not in dispute is it will add $1.5 trillion to the national debt and up to $4 trillion in cuts to…

Dana Milbank had an interesting column in the morning Post about the feckless congressional response to the opioid crisis. Both the administration and Congress have been good at hyping the crisis, but when it comes time to actually taking…

There is a reason that up to 90 percent of the American public favors greater access to medical marijuana. Last year, voters in Florida approved their program by over 70 percent. Mr. Speaker, the Federal Government continues to interfere…

3 years ago, the Obama administration took a very positive and important step towards curbing greenhouse gas emissions by initiating the Clean Power Plan, the first-ever national limit on carbon pollution from power plants. The plan was…

What if the headline in the morning paper was slightly different? What if we had a disease that had killed 59 people yesterday and sickened over 500 others? Do you think the Nation would demand action? If we had an outbreak every day that…

I want to be clear. I understand the deep concerns about things that Iranians are doing that I personally disagree with. The Syrian conflict is a horrific tragedy, but we have problems with Russia in Syria, we have problems with Turkey in…

As we watch the horrific scenes of destruction from Hurricane Harvey and Irma, I must say that I have been taken back in time. I came to Congress 20 years ago in the aftermath of serious flooding in my hometown of Portland, Oregon. I was…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 5 minutes.

Yesterday I was standing next to John Lewis as we joined our Democratic colleagues from the House and the Senate who delivered a spirited message of resolve to fight Donald Trump's cruelty towards almost 800,000 young Americans and, of…

We return to Capitol Hill amidst chaos-- wildfires in the West, choking smoke in my community, the cruelty of 800,000 young people having their lives turned upside down unnecessarily by Trump yesterday, and we are dancing with the debt…

I am pleased to join my colleagues on the floor of the House dealing with autonomous vehicles. I think this is one of the most important issues that nobody is really focused on. I wish it were not on the suspension calendar and we had a…

This is an interesting question about an opportunity for people in a region to try and craft a solution. I have been working with people in Clark County for 40 years, because this has been a serious problem between Portland and Vancouver…

I support my friend from California in urging that this body focus on this crisis in the West. With the outrage that has happened with the DACA students and with the tragedy in Houston, there are lots of things to occupy our time. But the…

I would just say this was an opportunity to bring us together. It passed last Congress on the floor of the House with a 40-vote margin. There is more support now, today, in the public and in the other body. This was an opportunity to avoid…

This is really an amazing time on Capitol Hill. The Republican internal battles and inability to deliver a coherent, effective alternative to fulfill all their contradictory campaign promises on healthcare has done more than just expose…

I appreciate the gentleman's courtesy. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this rule. I had a real bipartisan amendment that had been in order repeatedly in recent sessions, gaining bipartisan support, to be able to deal with the…

Today, Donald Trump announced via Twitter, how else, that he is going to reverse the Obama-era decision and deny transgender people the right to openly serve in our military. I think it is shameful to divide Americans, in the face of their…

Today I voted for H.R. 3364, the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (Roll no. 413). This legislation is an important step forward in punishing Russia for its annexation of Crimea in 2014 and for the country's alleged…

We begin an unusual week here on Capitol Hill, although unusual is sort of the new usual in Washington, D.C. The Senate begins deliberations on an 8-year Republican mission to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and they don't fully know what…

My amendment deletes language in this bill that would mandate a program of record, green lighting this proposal for road-mobile, ground-launched cruise missiles with ranges that, if tested or deployed, would violate the United States'…

The question is how to get Russia into compliance. Walking away from our obligations? I think not. The amendment allows going ahead if the Department of Defense certifies to Congress that it has completed a new nuclear posture review to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle G of title XVI, add the following new section: SEC. 16__. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oregon will be postponed. Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Wilson of South Carolina The CHAIR. It is…

Every time I visit Israel, I have such mixed feelings. It is a land of positive opportunities surrounded by intractable controversies. The big question looming is how to achieve a two-state solution for the Israelis and the Palestinians…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 505, line 21, strike ``The'' and insert ``Subject to the limitation in subsection (c), the''. Page 506, after…