I reject categorically the assertion that there is no strategic or tactical plan regarding the elimination of Soleimani from the battlefield.

We have watched our colleagues on the other side of the aisle since, literally, the week the President was inaugurated say it is time to start the impeachment. They have made that a policy consideration, a policy goal for the whole rest of…

Yet, he was traveling to Syria and then through Iraq as a combatant and as a terrorist on the terrorist list. What is the point of putting terrorists on the list if you are not going to do anything about the terrorist on the list?

I just happened to notice on CNN about the time of the attack that they had the spokesperson for the Iranian Government during the hostage crisis speaking on CNN. NPR did something very similar. It is not just Iranian Americans who are…

I wasn't in Congress. I didn't have the honor to be in Congress at that time. Maybe you were, or maybe you were more attuned to things, but I am just wondering, at that time, without a strategy, without a plan, firing on a sovereign…

You are absolutely right. There is the moral equivalency. If we would just give the criminal, the terrorist, the murderer their money back, it is legitimate. It is theirs. Just disregard the fact that these are killing, murdering…

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson) for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I, too, rise to honor the life and the accomplishments of Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick. He was a great and trusted colleague. More importantly, he was a good…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for taking the time to discuss this with the American people and allowing me to be part of it. I saw the gentleman and I didn't want him to have to carry the freight alone. There was a lot to be said today…

What I have heard on this House floor today is the President is capricious, irresponsible, doesn't have a plan, doesn't have a strategy. If the gentleman will please tell the audience, under the Obama administration and under Secretary…

I thank the gentleman from Texas. This resolution is insincere and unserious. If my colleagues on the other side really want to limit the President's ability to defend the United States, then they ought to take the vote and limit him and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, this resolution is insincere and unserious. It is insincere because this is just: We don't like the President and he took action, and we can't stand it. It is unserious, because if they…

So when our good colleagues on the other side of the aisle say that this was illegal and unconstitutional, meanwhile knowing that the Authorization of Use of Military Force, whether we agree with it or not it is in statute right now, in a…

Was there a briefing? Was there a consultation from the President to the leaders of Congress or to Congress? Was there adequate information substantiating the imminence of an attack? Was there any of that, or was there any human outcry…

Because if you were present, did somebody in this House say that this President is reckless, that he is destabilizing the region, that we are assassinating or aiding and abetting the assassination of leaders of foreign countries? Was any…

So to make the correction absolutely clear, the United States did not kill the leader of Libya, but we helped facilitate it, in some respects.

Since before inauguration, the press and Members of this Congress have been for impeachment. Members refused to attend the inauguration. They called for impeachment, and they voted for impeachment without any evidence. They voted for…

this statement, in my opinion, is not completely based in reality.

This isn't Russia; this is America. Yet right in this building, a Soviet-style Star Chamber to remove the duly elected President is occurring. The person who leads it lied to the American people for 2\1/2\ years about evidence he didn't…

We are working with Congressman Scott Perry on such a proposal in hopes of providing a service to the thousands of his constituents traveling more than 60 miles one way each day to work in either Baltimore, Philadelphia, or here in…

The allegations outlined in the complaint are shocking and speak to a culture of corruption permeating the state-owned airline, Ethiopian safety regulators, and the Ethiopian Government at large.

I thank the good gentleman for bringing this issue to light and for holding this Special Order, and, of course, my colleagues who are with me here today. All of us who are probably older than the age of 25 have watched, probably in every…

I thank the gentleman from Florida for offering me just a moment to talk about something that is very important to me. Madam Speaker, I rise today at a time when the United States and the international community must step up efforts to…

Not only do these regressive policies have an outsized impact on the most vulnerable among us, they have significantly degraded the American people's trust in their government.

giving legitimacy to the fringe 'keep it in the ground' movement

Giving legitimacy to the fringe 'keep it in the ground' movement--that is what that did.