KEITH J. ROTHFUS

ARI will have devastating impacts on the National Guard, stripping it of its Apaches and ensuring that it will be less combat ready and less able to provide operational depth.

In an increasingly dangerous world there is no greater constitutional responsibility of Congress than providing for the common defense of our Nation.

The time has come. We must put an end to ARI, implement the NCFA's recommendation and retain a minimum of four Apache battalions in the National Guard.

There is predatory payday lending and we should try to stop it.

I have significant concerns that the Bureau's proposed small dollar lending framework will choke off the ability of banks and others to meet their customers' needs for short-term loans.

I thank my colleague from Pennsylvania for his observations about our Constitution and what it requires. I yield the floor to my colleague from Missouri (Mrs. Hartzler), who has been a very strong advocate for her constituents and for the…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania will be postponed. Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. Royce The Acting CHAIR. It is…

This is a simple remedy to follow after a natural disaster. Again, I look at my State of Pennsylvania with its many valleys and riverbeds, and I look at the people supporting or who have supported this type of proposal before: again, the…

How much easier is it going to be for Iran to launder money through the financial system to fund its terrorist proxies under this agreement?

You might think you would have gotten a concession if you are releasing a terrorism-related sanction or a missile-related sanction, that you would have gotten a commitment from Iran, for example, that they stop exporting terror.

Given that anemic growth, 2.25 percent, and you compare the deregulatory, lower tax environment in the 1980s where we had 4.8 percent growth, do you think Dodd-Frank has lifted the economy?

Growth in real GDP has averaged only 2.25 percent per year since 2009; about 1 percent less than the average rate seen over the 25 years preceding the great recession.

Even Bernie Sanders has admitted that an honest assessment of real unemployment in the United States is 10.5 percent.

Yet since that time, the law has resulted in some 400 new government mandates, which research has shown will reduce gross domestic product by $895 billion over the next decade.

When people get an opportunity for some housing assistance, that puts them in a position to really move on to more self-dependence, independence.

I urge my colleagues to support this amendment for the convenience of consumers and also in light of the fact that studies show that it is not having an impact. I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from California (Mr. Calvert).

At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Mrs. Ellmers).

May I inquire how much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

In conclusion, I would just urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this important amendment to prevent the premature transfer of Apaches out of the National Guard until the Commission has had the opportunity to do its work. This Congress…

May I inquire how much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 1 minute remaining, and the gentleman from Indiana has 2 minutes remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 115, line 2, strike ``in fiscal year 2016'' and insert ``prior to June 30, 2016''. Page 115, beginning line 7, strike…

I have contended that the sanctions regime in place with Iran today is justified completely on the fact that they have been exploiting terror for decades.

Our Declaration of Independence states that everyone is endowed by our creator with an unalienable right to life. Recognition of God-given rights is part of who we are. Indeed, who could forget President Kennedy's words more than 50 years…

Our history has a long history of tolerance toward religious institutions. Indeed, one of the words inscribed on the rostrum here in the center of it is ``tolerance.'' We need to approve this resolution to be tolerant of our religious…