Bill Lee

I want to thank our ranking member for yielding and for his tremendous leadership on so many of these very critical issues. Mr. Speaker, I rise, though, in strong opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act, which would authorize…

I thank Congresswoman Schakowsky for yielding and for her tremendous leadership on this issue and so many issues that affect women. I rise in strong opposition to H. Res. 933, which is nothing more than a politically motivated resolution…

on Friday, November 18, 2016, Eric Ellsworth of Brigham City, UT, began his day like virtually every other day of his adult life. He put on his uniform and drove to work fully aware that it could be his last day on Earth. Eric was a State…

I thank the gentleman very much. First of all, I thank Congressman O'Rourke for lifting up my mother, who was a phenomenal woman, who passed away last year, and who broke many glass ceilings. I want to thank the gentleman for recognizing…

A right without access isn't a right at all.

We can work together to build a future where women's decisions are treated with respect.

We must ensure that every American woman can access their constitutional right to an abortion. We must end the Hyde amendment.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m., Thursday, September 22; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:31 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, September 22, 2016, at 9:30…

I rise today to lend my support and urge my colleagues to lend theirs to S.J. Res. 39, offered by my friend Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. The purpose of this particular resolution is to reconsider the billion-dollar arms sale between the…

Under Republican President Dwight Eisenhower, in response to Sputnik, he got the Democratic Senate, in less than one year in response to Sputnik, to put in place the National Student Loan Program.

We learned, when they were puny like my dad when he volunteered before WWII, they were underweight, young men, that we needed to invest in feeding our children.

The best investment anyone can make is in the American people and in American children in particular.

Now, what economists are finding out is that the reason these programs worked is that inequality hurts growth.

While I am fully supportive of a national standard to label genetically modified (GMO) foods, I am unable to support S. 764, the GMO Food Labeling Requirements bill. Although this bill takes an important step toward federal preemption, it…

The American people are demanding action to keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them. Instead, the people's House has been adjourned without a single vote on commonsense, lifesaving legislation. We need to be voting on…

I would like to give a few remarks about how I first became involved in the cause of sentencing reform within our Federal criminal justice system. I will never forget when I first began to appreciate the full magnitude of this problem--the…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 12 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tribute to James Wallner

Capitol Hill is a famously transient place. Every 2 years, the membership of the House of Representatives changes, the membership of the Senate changes, and in the interim, the coming and going of congressional staffers is virtually…

First, let me thank Ranking Member McCollum, for her tremendous leadership on this subcommittee and all environmental issues. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 5538, the Fiscal Year 2017 Interior and Environment Appropriations…

These are just a few amendments that are unacceptable. Now, let me say, when I joined the Appropriations Committee, I was told legislating on appropriations bill was not allowed. Once again, the majority continues to violate the rules of…

2 weeks ago, Democrats sat on the House floor for more than 26 hours. For a full day and night, we demanded justice for victims of gun violence and action to prevent the next tragedy; not just thoughts and prayers, but action. Republicans…

I want to thank our ranking member for his stellar leadership as our ranking member on this subcommittee and for his kind remarks. Also, I want to thank our chairman, Mr. Crenshaw, for working with our side of the aisle despite our…

whenever government acts, it does so inevitably, unavoidably necessarily at the expense of individual freedom, at the expense of individual liberty and autonomy. This doesn't mean every act by government is bad--quite the contrary. We need…

This article lists program after program, many of which our generals did not even ask for, that has cost billions of taxpayer dollars without making us any safer. So it is time to stop pouring billions into unnecessary and nonstrategic pet…