I, for one, am grateful to the administration for their efforts to bring the Iranian Government to the table for these historic negotiations.

And I rise in strong support of H.R. 357, the Human Trafficking Prevention Act. Mr. Speaker, I would first like to thank my friend and colleague, the distinguished gentleman from New York (Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney), for introducing this…

Seeing that I have no further requests for time, I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Speaker, despite the misleading title of this bill, the fact is that there is no Federal taxpayer funding of abortion right now except in very limited circumstances. H.R. 7 would for the first…

Section 2: ``Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed.''

Yesterday, the 114th Congress of the United States convened for the first time. This new Congress represents a new opportunity to get to work on the priorities of the American people. We have a responsibility over the next 2 years to work…

Last night, the House Rules Committee filed the 2015 government funding bill. My top priority is keeping the government open, and this bill will prevent the kind of widespread economic damage that would be caused by a government shutdown…

Like you, I believe there is no military solution to the conflict in Iraq and Syria.

I think what is irresponsible is for us to continue to spend unlimited amounts of money on an effort without some clear expectation of what we expect the Afghan people to do.

The President's executive order will ensure that we have a safer country, that we will grow our economy, and that we will keep families together. I strongly urge my colleagues to reject this Republican proposal and to allow the President's…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, everyone in Congress and most people in this country understand that our immigration system is broken and needs to be fixed. Our colleagues on the other side of the aisle have blocked a…

I do believe that we ought to allow that in Federal court as well.

The bill before us today, the Sunshine in the Courtroom Act, promises to provide greater access to the public and to the inner workings of our justice system.

But, as a general rule, do you agree with the proposition that it is more likely that people will testify truthfully when it is broadly exposed?

I actually allowed cameras in the courtroom very early on in my judicial career, and it was based upon the philosophy, the belief, the frustration--and I am going to agree with Mr. Cicilline from Rhode Island.

If it is a truthful statement, then you are less concerned that the whole world hears.

It is very hard for me to understand the argument that the quality of our system of justice or the fairness of our courts is impaired by--or is improved by limiting public access.

I have had experience with cameras. It worked out.

The public--the public--the mystery of the courthouse still exists with the public.

the scale of this is considerably less than even the most recent action by President Bush.

the Supreme Court actually spoke to this question in Arizona v. the United States.

Of course, every Executive order by a President is unilateral. That is the definition of an Executive order.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 3572, which includes a provision I introduced as H.R. 277, to revise the boundaries of Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Rhode Island. I want…

the right of the Federal Government to exercise prosecutorial discretion.

this Congress has failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform.