My remaining comments are to simply say the amendment that is close to my heart is the one dealing with this academy graduate, this Naval Academy graduate. We asked everyone to give him another chance because the only thing that he was…

I include in the Record the actual resume of Michael Pender, a graduate of Annapolis and an excellent young man. Michael Pender Michael Pender is a 2016 United States Naval Academy graduate and a veteran naval officer who was separated…

Let me also indicate that I am very glad and grateful for amendment No. 201 that adds $10 million to research dealing with triple negative breast cancer. Between 10 and 17 percent of female breast cancer patients have this condition, and I…

I thank the gentlewoman. I think the process that the gentlewoman is advocating in this amendment, which I support, is not militarizing the immigration system, particularly since the immigration system is mostly civil. Most of the migrants…

The people of Iran do not want war. Madam Chair, I thank the gentleman from California for allowing us, no matter what time of night it is, to stand on the floor and declare that the people of Iran do not want war. The people of the United…

Let me thank the gentlewoman for yielding and let me thank the sponsor of the legislation, the 21st Century President Act. I wanted to affirm Congressman Pocan for the leadership that he has given to an issue that many might not pay…

As a senior member of the Committees on the Judiciary and on Homeland Security, I rise in strong support of S. 744 the ``Effective Prosecution of Biological Toxins and Agents,'' which amends 18 U.S.C. 175b to prohibit the possession…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding; and I thank the two cosponsors, the gentleman from Pennsylvania and the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania, for a very important initiative that not one of us have, unfortunately, not heard of one of our…

I have known the men and women who have served in the Department of Homeland Security and have dealt with the border for many, many years. I have respected the work that they have done. It is tragic, however, that as we continue to serve…

I thank the gentlewoman from California for her leadership. There is not a time that I go home that they don't ask me how we will secure our elections. I am proudly supporting the Securing America's Federal Elections Act, the SAFE Act, and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I appreciate the gentleman from Oklahoma, but I am an optimist. More importantly, I stand here in the name of Mr. Ramirez and his little, baby girl who were found on the shores of the Rio Grande. The…

This was a tough week for those of us who, as mothers, have a deep pain for the conditions of our children. It was a difficult week because Mr. Ramirez and his toddler died trying to seek an opportunity in the United States. It was a…