I thank the gentleman for allowing us--not only the Texas delegation, but other Members of Congress who would wish to come down--the opportunity to express our sincere appreciation and debt of gratitude to the gentleman from Lubbock…

I thank my dear colleague from Dallas for not only yielding, but I want to commend him in working with his committee, including the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Luetkemeyer), on this awesome legislation. Mr. Speaker, the point is simple…

This morning, the Rules Committee issued an announcement outlining the amendment process for H.R. 5143, the Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016. The amendment deadline is set for Monday, December 5, at 10 a.m. Amendments should be…

I want to stand before this body and thank the gentleman, Sam Johnson, and the gentlewoman, Eddie Bernice Johnson, for their support in this important effort. Mr. Chairman, what we are doing here today is most important. We are trying to…

H. Res. 892, the special order of business governing consideration of H.R. 5303, the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, included a prophylactic waiver of points of order against the amendments made in order in House Report 114-790…

If you are in business and are not involved in politics, then politics will run your business.

I think that if I were going to be forthright with you, I should accept the challenge to say, how about in just the major bills that come out of committee.

What I am going to promise you is I am going to dive, not back into that issue, but to see where we are going on that progress.

Louise had the opportunity, when she served as chairman, to sit through and try and make wise determinations.

And I want to first thank each of you for being here. I also want to thank Louise Slaughter.

The Committee on Financial Services has presented a number of their members who have come to the floor today to offer thoughts and ideas on a bipartisan basis, thoughts and ideas that have emanated up from literally financial services…

You just heard from one of our brightest new members of the Committee on Financial Services. This committee is full, on a bipartisan basis, of men and women who care very much about growing our economy. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to…