I represent many, many in the veterans community who have focused exclusively on ensuring that those who helped keep them alive... would have a chance at a better life in the future.

I just want to reiterate the importance of really ensuring that the interagency team engages and communicates with local government.

I saw thousands of Afghan children, women, and men who made it out of Afghanistan.

we must always plan for the worst case scenario, because I think we saw a confluence of worst case scenarios come to fruition.

It is clear that offshore wind energy can be a job and clean energy creator and it presents a real opportunity for transatlantic cooperation.

Virginia became the first State in the Nation to stand offshore wind turbines in Federal waters and our State is expected to be one of the Nation's leaders in terms of megawatts produced.

I stand in support of my amendment demanding action in response to the Havana syndrome incidents affecting Americans around the world. The recent string of mysterious attacks on U.S. diplomats and personnel, often called Havana syndrome…

I am excited to have the opportunity to discuss the positive impact of controlled environment agriculture on our domestic food supply.

I am hopeful that controlled environment agriculture can help increase supply chain resiliency, and decrease dependence on foreign growers.

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 226.

NLBMDA believes these solutions will strengthen the wood product supply chain moving forward and provide necessary relief to businesses in our industry.

In my home of Virginia, we have 16 million acres of forested land and forest-related businesses contribute $156 million to our state's economy each year.

The U.S. wood products industry directly employs about one million people and contributes more than $5 billion in state and local taxes.

I was thrilled to see USDA announce that applications for these funds would go live July 22nd.

NLBMDA supports legislation recently introduced in the House of Representatives which would take proactive and meaningful actions to improve the health of our nation's forests.

Our forests--as well as the wood products they support--are critical green infrastructure that help sequester carbon while growing our economy.

I must acknowledge the raging forest fires bringing devastation to much of the western United States.

I am excited to hear from our witnesses about how Congress can support infrastructure policy that protects our forestlands.

The president did the honorable thing when he promised to get those who helped us out of harm’s way.

Notably, my bill to repeal the 1991 AUMF is also supported by a broad range of foreign policy and veterans-focused organizations. The American Legion, the United States' largest veterans service organization, has emphasized the importance…

I thank my dear colleague from Michigan for putting together this Special Order for us to talk about our former colleague--and for so many of us--our friend, Representative Paul Mitchell. Mr. Speaker, I first had the opportunity to meet…

I hope that we see NATO moving in the right direction aggressively.

I do hope that we can be really leading the charge, echoing the president's comments in Geneva related to the need to be on the offensive in the space.

I think this is one of the key issues that the Alliance faces, and we should recognize the Alliance has done a lot over the last 10 years.

On October 16, 2002, the United States Congress voted to authorize military action against Saddam Hussein's Iraq. The text of the authorization was clear. That was its purpose. Years later, Saddam Hussein is long dead, and our military…