Let me just take this minute to go back to what I had prepared to say here today. In troubling times, many of us find solace in the Serenity Prayer: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the…

The Charleston loophole threatens local communities by enabling guns to fall into the hands of dangerous people.

H.R. 8 will make it harder for dangerous people to get their hands on guns and hurt themselves or others.

I think they're much better than that. I think we have two sides who realized that this is something that must get done. We have to secure our border. We cannot do it with Homeland Security not being funded.

That kind of stuff cannot be recouped. So, the government ought not be doing that, and I would think that the president would have much more compassion going forward than he demonstrated in the past.

We are a separate and equal branch of government, and I don't think that we are subservient in any way to the executive branch.

I have said that I'm all for a smart wall, a wall using technology, using drones and scanners and X-ray equipment that will make the wall too high to get over, too wide to get around, too deep to borough under.

Absolutely. We are the only government I know anywhere that this shut down the government over policy arguments.

I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. Madam Speaker, I want to say to my colleague, Mr. Collins, that I wish to associate myself with the sentiments that he expressed here today. However, I also rise today to speak of how the…

When the French historian Alexis de Tocqueville came to this country, he observed its greatness and set out to find the genius that made it so. He wrote in his book ``Democracy in America'' that: ``The greatness of America lies not in…

One of the things that we need to really start doing is differentiating between conservatism and this reactionary stuff that we see today.

I think he's fully aware.

Well, as we said down south, they're traveling partners when it comes to this philosophy.

I respect and have a great deal of admiration for people who I consider to be conservative. But the conservatism is something totally different from the stuff that he is saying.

Well, I think that when you want the Congress to act with overwhelming support, you're trying to get the language you feel that the people would be comfortable with. So what we were trying to do is to get the House to express disapproval…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me the time. Madam Speaker, I rise today to support this resolution to intervene against the egregious Texas v. United States lawsuit that seeks to end the Affordable Care Act, or, as I like to call it…

I thank Representative Tsongas for managing this bill, and I thank Mr. Gianforte for appearing here on the floor today. I also thank Chairman Bishop and Ranking Member Grijalva for their support of this legislation in the Natural Resources…

I thank Ranking Member McCollum. I thank the chairman of the subcommittee, Ms. Sewell, and Congresswoman Adams for their support of this legislation. As a proud graduate of an HBCU, with a daughter who is an HBCU graduate, I am very much…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 15, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $2,000,000)''. Page 15, line 24, after the dollar…

May I ask how much time I have left. The CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

This amendment would increase by $2 million the Historic Preservation Fund to restore and preserve buildings and sites on the campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. It is offset by a minor reduction in the administration…

I thank my good friend for yielding me the time. Madam Speaker, this rule fails to make in order four significant measures to address the gun violence epidemic that is plaguing our Nation. In addition to closing the gun show and internet…

I thank Representative Evans for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, I proudly represent the Sixth Congressional District of South Carolina in this august body. This past week, I spent a significant amount of time throughout the district meeting…

I thank the gentleman for his question. I am sort of a history buff, and so I have spent a little time trying to find out what this country is all about. I also recall a great writer, George Santayana, once writing that if we fail to learn…

I wish to explain to the American people exactly why I voted ``no'' on this continuing resolution earlier today. If you look at all that has been said about the Children's Health Insurance Program, what you are going to find is that we…