I said this earlier today. When I left my hometown, four people were gunned down during the July Fourth holiday, and over the time period we have all been working to find common ground on making sure that we have sensible, safe gun…

I thank the chairman so very much. To the manager of the bill on the floor, my good friend who is representing the majority, I think not one of us can cite an example in which a Federal employee is not engaged in serving this Nation. Mr…

Let me thank the distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania for yielding. I thank the manager for his leadership, the chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. And let me also thank the ranking member of the Committee on…

While massive terrorist acts are raging all around the world, in my district yesterday 3 people were shot and killed, one a 28-year-old father of 3. And just last week a mother shot dead her two daughters and was killed because she refused…

I am pleased to support H.R. 4777, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1301 Alabama Avenue in Selma, Alabama as the ``Amelia Boynton Robinson Post Office Building.'' I support this legislation…

As a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, I rise in support of H.R. 5389, the ``Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2016,'' which requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to engage with innovative and emerging…

Today, the President and Vice President of the United States, rightly so, have gone to Orlando, Florida, to be with the Senate delegation and Congresswoman Corrine Brown, our colleague whose district was impacted by this heinous terrorist…

I thank, again, both gentlemen, the ranking member and the chairman. I have come to the floor to emphasize these two amendments that are very important, I believe, to the work of the Defense Department and the many persons that they serve…

In the name of a young boy who was killed by a former marine who indicated that he had post-traumatic stress disorder, this increase of $1 million is important. Finally, let me say, triple negative breast cancer kills more women. It is…

My good friend, Mr. Poe, is a good friend and a great leader on these issues dealing with terrorism, but let me, sadly, join in opposition to this amendment. Over the years, I have worked with a number of persons in the Pakistani…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000)''. The…

I want to thank the chairman of the subcommittee and the ranking member of the subcommittee for coming forward on what I know is a very hard task. I thank them so very much. I thank the Rules Committee, in this structured rule, for…