I am sorry, Mr. Speaker? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will not interpret the pending measure. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I am now proud to yield to the gentleman from my home State of Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy for the purpose of a…

Later today the House will vote on a spending bill for the Department of the Interior. This bill is a travesty that will do enormous damage to our environment. It cuts critical funding that keeps our air clean and our water safe. This bill…

Does the vote on the matter pending before us include restoration of funding to protect our elections from Russian interference? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will not interpret the pending measure.

I have asked the gentleman from Washington: Will he yield? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is not in order and is no longer recognized.

Point of parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Rhode Island will state his parliamentary inquiry.

* * *. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair understands that the gentleman from Washington has not yielded for that purpose; therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. As the Chair advised on January 15, 2014, and March…

I ask that my colleague be permitted to answer the question. I have asked him will he yield. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will be in order.

America has stood as a beacon of hope to the rest of the world, and America has been defined by a set of ideals that have established our moral leadership in the world, propelled by our respect for freedom, human rights, and the rule of…

Yesterday, the President's statements and behavior as well as his conduct in the preceding weeks has severely damaged our standing in the world by siding with Russia and its brutal thuggish dictator against the United States.

There is no evidence that the algorithms of social networks or search results are biased against conservatives. It is a made-up narrative pushed by the conservative propaganda machine to convince voters of a conspiracy that does not exist.

This was about promoting a narrative to continue to undermine the investigation of Robert Mueller and to really distract attention to issues Congress is not taking up.

This is the administration and allies in Congress that are trying to do everything they can to undermine the credibility of the Mueller investigation.

I think the American people have the right to know.

Rhode Island's commercial fishing industry provides thousands of good-paying jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars of economic activity every year; but later today, the House is voting on a bill that will jeopardize this critical sector…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, Congress is broken. Each day, more and more Americans are losing faith that their government actually works for them. More than 80 percent of Americans say they can't trust…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to H.R. 200, the so-called Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, which would undermine the years of progress made in…

We should be focused on the family separation policy. We should be focused on driving down the cost of prescription drugs, which is before our committee. We should be focused on comprehensive immigration reform, common sense gun safety…

This was theater. This was an ongoing effort to try to undermine the investigation.

I have been discouraged by President Trump's penchant for imposing tariffs as the sole means of trying to extract what he wants from other countries.

Compared to that bill, Trump's efforts on China are timid, weak, haphazard, and unplanned.

And before Democrats get carried away with the desire to repudiate our position, remember that 65 percent of Democrats voted no on MFN for China.

If we are going to protect our own economic and national security interests that are so vital to the well-being and success of American families across this country, we have to do so with a coalition.

This is a dangerous game.

I am glad that today we were able to consider a bipartisan piece of legislation that will bring some order and timeliness to this review process and expert proper congressional oversight of our foreign assistance.

The Affordable Care Act improved access to quality healthcare for millions of Americans. One of the most important protections in this law is that insurance companies can no longer deny people coverage because they have a preexisting…