Since taking office, President Trump has delivered on his promise to rebuild our military. The Mac Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act fully funds the President's budget request, authorizing funding for national defense…

I thank the gentleman from Missouri for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we all here agree, as do the American people, that our Nation's infrastructure is in dire need of upgrades and modernization. Yet our House Democrats have brought forth a…

What started as a tragedy, then turned disturbingly into our streets, resulted with tonight's vote with a partisan bill to nowhere. The people we have been elected to serve have asked--in fact, demanded--that this Congress do something to…

Economic growth helps economically vulnerable people more than it helps the people who are already prosperous.

The unemployment rate for African Americans, the unemployment rate for Hispanics, the unemployment rate for minorities overall was at record lows prior to the pandemic.

It is essential. It is arguably the most important thing Congress can do.

I thank the gentleman from Ohio very much. Mr. Speaker, the Paycheck Protection Program, as we have been hearing, has provided critical support to small businesses across the country during this crisis. The intent of the PPP was to prevent…

I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole) for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, for the past 2 months, Americans have shown resilience, grit, and patience. The viral and economic data project that we now can begin a safe, soft…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. Madam Speaker, the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented public health and economic crisis. While frontline providers are fighting to keep us all safe, the deliberate slowdown…

This is not a crisis caused by a specific industry or weak economy. This is a voluntary shutdown of our economy in order to save lives. As a result, our government needs to support the families and businesses that are directly feeling the…

There are different definitions of productivity at the two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue at this point in time. Here at the Capitol, Democrat leadership seems to confuse activity with accomplishment, spending years--years--trying to impeach…

As we begin the new year and a new decade, let's all commit in this House to doing the job that the people sent us to the people's House to do. Let us remember the words of Alexander Hamilton: ``Here, sir, the people govern; here they act…

I as well rise today to pay tribute to our friend, the Honorable Michael G. Fitzpatrick, a longtime Republican who served as a Bucks County, Pennsylvania, commissioner and served as a Member of the United States House of Representatives…

Back home people refer to Capitol Hill as a bubble. They are right. It is as if we are completely detached from what is going on in communities across America. Many here don't hear or listen to what people are saying, and many here, as…

Every day I hear from my constituents in Pennsylvania's Ninth Congressional District about the skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs. Families should not have to dedicate such a high percentage of their disposable income on prescription…

Yesterday's public impeachment hearings produced some noteworthy facts. Representative Mike Turner's question of Ambassador Volker took apart the Democrats' entire case. Volker confirmed that President Trump never said that Ukraine must…

I really just want to thank you all for your great work. Thank you for your service, thank you for taking care of the over 50,000 veterans that I have in Pennsylvania's 9th congressional, and God speed.

The impeachment hearings are continuing, in spite of the following factors existing. Number one, this is a very unfair process. If Democratic leadership was truly interested in determining guilt or innocence, why not establish bipartisan…

An overlooked factor of these relentless investigations and this impeachment inquiry is the way in which the words of Ukrainian President Zelensky have been largely ignored. Zelensky said, without condition, that he felt no pressure from…

Let's review some facts surrounding this unfair, partisan impeachment process. To begin with, a whistleblower claims to have secondhand information on the President's call with the Ukrainian President. The White House released the…

If that's what the law said, I'm going to go back up what Mr. Scott said and say then how did 99 percent of people misread the law?

We all remember where we were on September 11, 2001. I, myself, drove my daughter, Caroline, to school on my way to work. She was in the third grade. Driving over the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania on my way to work, I recall thinking…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 210, noes 218, not voting 4, as follows: [Roll No. 495] AYES--210…

This motion will not delay passage of this bill or return it to committee. It is our last opportunity as a House to amend this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I am here to offer a motion to recommit that is about small business survival. It is…

I am, in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Meuser moves to recommit the bill H.R. 582 to the Committee on Education and Labor with instructions to report…