firing Mueller would set up a political crisis the likes of which we haven't seen since Watergate.

The issue I've noticed with the Russians is that so many people in the administration, when it was Mattis, McMaster, and Tillerson, had a more traditional, conventional view towards Russia and recognized it as a threat, not a benign actor…

I guess what I guess is most troubling of all is that this rules-based order that the United States and our allies worked so hard to build after the Second World War and then doubled down after the end of the cold war is something I think…

I can't understand why the President would want to undermine it from within.

I am very alarmed by the way the administration is proceeding on the issue of trade, launching against friend and foe alike on aluminum steel tariffs.

We need your leadership, and the President's leadership, to say you want this to happen, because the nominations are going nowhere in the Senate.

In the case of Nicaragua, we obviously call for the immediate release of political prisoners, an end to the violence.

Oh, yes, absolutely. This midterm election in my view will be a referendum on the President of the United States and his conduct in office.

I am pleased and, I must say, relieved to describe for my colleagues the good news in the Military Construction/ VA division in the omnibus. At times, it seemed like we might not ever get here. I regret that our servicemembers and veterans…

Not only is it important to protect against these attacks to prevent their direct negative impacts, but also I believe that addressing these concerns is crucial to securing the public's trust in these new technologies.

I recognize that 1 percent of our population protects the other 99 percent, and we owe a great deal to the veterans, no question about that.

I appreciate the spirit and the bipartisan cooperation you have always demonstrated here.

Congress will be a less wise, less commonsense place with your departure.

Many of the veterans want to be served in the community where they live.

No one wins in trade wars.

we all need to settle down here and quit reflexively attacking these institutions.

I do know he has made, you know, racially incendiary comments that are very unfortunate and make life difficult for a lot of us who were actually trying to get some things accomplished.

My bigger concern right now, is that his remarks don't blow up the Dreamer DACA agreement that I think we can reach.

I think Senator's Graham and Durbin deserve a lot of credit for coming up with a pretty good bill in my view that could pass the Senate and the House right now.

I, too, rise to join my colleagues in urging the House to pass the continuing resolution before us. This is not the course of action any of us would prefer, obviously, but the House passed all 12 appropriations bills, and it was on the…

I thank the gentleman for his genuine concern and thoughtfulness with respect to veterans' homelessness. It is indeed a very severe problem. I do look forward to working with him on this issue, but I also want to mention that I think our…

As the designee of the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Frelinghuysen), I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes.

I have no further speakers on the amendments en bloc, and I yield back the balance of my time.

This legislation also contains $65 million, as requested, as VA switches gears and moves from modernizing its own aging electronic health record to acquiring the record DOD is using. The bill continues to include language restricting most…

The Appropriations Act before you today includes, in division C, appropriations for Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies for Fiscal Year 2018. Division C is exactly the same as the MILCON-VA bill reported favorably…