At a time here in America when mass shootings have become all too frequent, at a time when bullets literally rip apart human bodies and human families and cause so much pain, at a time when effective groups like Moms Demand Action for Gun…

This House contains many friends of Israel, Republican and Democratic. Indeed, as long as I've been here, I have never found an enemy of Israel in this House. Certainly that friendship was very apparent when only a few weeks ago President…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, for what may or may not be their good intentions, this resolution and its authors undermined the security of families here and in Israel. This ``go it alone'' approach with the current Israeli…

While certainly saluting the many Members who have worked so diligently on this measure, I cannot vote for it. In a wide and endless desert of support for research funding, even getting a few drops of rain is understandably welcomed by the…

Will this Congress ground Boeing or support this key manufacturer and the jobs that it creates, that have already helped make America great? Will we march to the tune of the pied pipers against peace who see war with Iran as the only way…

Look around the world. In Europe, in Asia, in the Middle East, and in Africa, wherever you see evidence of radical Islam, that extremism can usually be traced to preachers of hate from Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom has blood on its hands. Is…

One year ago, America chose to preclude an Iranian nuclear weapons program through diplomacy rather than war. What has happened in the 12 months since that momentous decision was made? The Iranians have given up 98 percent of their nuclear…

Today Republicans are shutting down this Congress for the next 53 days. That is true. Most Americans probably won't notice the difference since the Congress has accomplished so little this year. Last week, Republicans told us this House…

One year ago, our country made the correct decision. We all agreed that Iran should not have a nuclear weapons program, but we decided the better way to achieve that was through diplomacy rather than war. Today, we deal with yet another…

One year ago, America made a momentous decision concerning the best way to deal with Iran, a dangerous, authoritarian regime with a history of promoting terrorism. We made a choice between war and peace. We learned something from the…

I think the previous question is extremely important because Republicans, just as they fled in the middle of the night from discussing gun violence before the July 4 break, have now decided not to consider a gun bill at all, even an…

One country, more than any other, benefited from their wrong-headed decision, and was empowered. That country was Iran. Today, diplomacy, the opposite of war, is hard to start and easy to end. Let us continue on that path. The path ahead…

Those Texas-size mosquitos that are beginning to spread around my part of the country, they can't tell a Republican from a Democrat. Young women desirous of having a family, people of all ages and genders, are threatened by Zika. It is…

there are many factors contributing to these hikes and surges in health insurance premiums, and one of the major factors is the failure of this House and this Congress to do anything but engage in obstructionist tactics concerning the…

there is nothing but repeal, repeal, repeal.

this indifference and this refusal to take 100 cents on a Federal dollar to pay for the expansion of healthcare coverage has been a subject that has been raised by business leaders, by hospitals, by elected officials.

When this House last convened, a number of us were willing to sit in, in order to stand up--to stand up to the gun lobby, to stand up against gun violence. During our protest, House Republicans fled Washington, rather than face…

The bill which Mr. Young brings to the floor this afternoon concerns five-tenths of 1 percent of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. I want to talk about the other 99.5 percent, and I will address the 0.5 percent--the…

I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. Unfortunately, this bill provides no immediate relief for children who are in danger right now. No additional funds for 3 years. In Texas, with the opioid crisis, and in other States, these children…

I would say that what we have here is an attempt to also add by amendment the very reauthorization that I sought to offer in committee that was blocked then. I guess today will be the first time even our Republican colleagues learn what…

I salute and appreciate the commitment of Mr. Young and Mr. Delaney to seek new ways to try to combat some old problems. We need creativity to address these challenges. There is no one single approach that will solve all these problems…

I would love a report at the end of the year to show that if every one of these bills are adopted, that one person got out of poverty this year in America because they were adopted.

To condemn President Johnson's war on poverty as a failure is to ignore the many who never engaged in fighting that war.

The indifference by some in this Congress to a looming public health crisis is truly stunning. This Republican bill cuts the emergency funding request for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by 80 percent. That is $4 out of…

There is only one major concern about that and about what we are not doing on child abuse here, and that is that talking about it, passing changes without approving necessary resources to get to the problem.