Let me also talk about Houston, Texas, and the tax day floods. It is important that the CR covers the floods of Houston and covers Baton Rouge, as well as the water crisis in Flint. Let us do what the American people ask us to come here…

Let me associate myself with the words of our leader. Let me also thank Ranking Member Lowey, all of the appropriators, and the chairman of the Appropriations Committee. This is a terrible time to shut the government down. So I rise today…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, we need to make sure that the harbor maintenance trust fund ensures that revenues are collected from shippers that are used to maintain U.S. coastal and Great Lakes harbors. Right now, the State of…

Let me thank the gentleman, the ranking member from the great State of Oregon, and the chairman, the gentleman from Pennsylvania. I would hope that as we look at these issues we really look at the name of this bill, the Water Resources…

Let me thank the gentleman from Louisiana for his leadership. Let me thank my good friend from New York for his leadership, and the author of the legislation as well. Again, let me compliment the Committee on Homeland Security along with…

I want to congratulate the gentleman for his legislation. It is very, very astute and a very important initiative, the Gains in Global Nuclear Detection Architecture Act. Again, I thank the chairman of the subcommittee as well for his…

I am pleased to support H.R. 4712, a narrow and commonsense measure that requires U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to provide an option for green cards and employment authorization documents to be delivered via U.S. mail with a…

In closing, let me again congratulate Congresswoman Speier and Congressman Woodall. I am equally grateful when we have the opportunity to work together. I see this as an opportunity on many, many issues. For example, this legislation…

Again, let me thank my good friend, Mr. Pearce, and his cosponsors, Ms. McCollum and Mr. Cole, for their leadership. In closing, tribal cultural objects play a crucial role in ensuring that Native Americans and generations to come retain…

I was unavoidably detained at the White House. Had I been present, I would have voted: Rollcall No. 508, ``nay.''

Today, on the steps of the House, we sang ``God Bless America.'' Standing on those steps some 15 years ago, the searing memory comes back again--the horrific bloodshed, the dividing of families, the loss of lives, the pain, and the…

You have heard the cries of our colleagues. You have heard the cries of the American people. Redundancy is not a question here. It is telling the truth. In fact, our health professionals have indicated that the Zika virus presents an…