The President needs to come to the Texas border. There is a crisis occurring there. I just returned from a trip to McAllen. The situation is grave. The influx of people is putting a strain on our resources and threatening our system of…

We cannot be caught off guard and risk watching innovative therapies suffocate at the hands of a regulatory system that has not kept up or further cripple the regulatory system by the approval of products that inherently are unsafe.

I yield myself 1 minute. Madam Speaker, the oil produced in the Province of Alberta belongs to the country of Canada. Yes, it may traverse the United States, if the Keystone pipeline is built. But if it is not, the oil will traverse…

I have very little to add to what my colleague from Texas just said. I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want my colleagues to understand why I think we…

Trauma is the leading cause of death for people under the age of 65. It is expensive, costing nearly $403 billion a year, third only to heart disease and cancer. It affects individuals of all ages, 35 million times each year, or one person…

House Resolution 636 provides for consideration of two energy bills designed to provide certainty for those American businesses that have been given excuse after excuse as to why their permit applications have been delayed by the…

It is my belief that providers that have been banned from federal programs for wrongdoing should be excluded from all federal programs. Period.

Doctors get millions from Medicare after losing their licenses.

I find that absolutely incredulous. A guy loses his license, and some of these doctors were charged with fairly serious crimes.

We are experiencing an unprecedented crisis on the Texas border, but this is not the result of a natural disaster. This is an entirely manmade crisis caused by the executive branch. The number of young undocumented immigrants has nearly…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 636 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 636 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for…