the single thing he cited was that the United States should reauthorize the assault weapons ban.

We have to have rules of engagement and setting down some markers with respect to those rules is long overdue.

Allowing Aung San Suu Kyi to run in the 2015 election used to be a key benchmark, but now the fact that Burma can't manage chairing ASEAN and continue making reforms is enough for the administration to let this benchmark slide.

China does not have an element in its government that seems to know the cost of everything and value of almost nothing.

I think that is a follow up, definitely, Mr. Chairman, if you want to work together on that.

Instead, Republicans on the Oversight Committee remain obsessed with recycling tired and worn talking points in a cynical attempt to fire up the GOP base before the midterm elections this November. Unfortunately, the regression into crass…

I say to my friend, it is amazing that he claims the White House is covering up when the same White House gave an unredacted version to the Judicial Watch. The easier conclusion----

I thank my dear friend. By the way, Mr. Speaker, we don't need a select committee because a particular chairman who is subpoena-happy can't quite draft a subpoena to capture the emails in question. I rise in strong opposition to H. Res…

I thank my dear friend, the former chairman of the Rules Committee, Louise Slaughter from New York. I rise in strong opposition to the rule and the underlying resolution, H. Res. 567. The majority's obsession with keeping Benghazi…

---- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will suspend. Let me remind the other side that the gentleman from Virginia has the floor. He has been unwilling to yield. Let the gentleman have the floor. The gentleman may proceed.

I thank the Speaker for returning us to regular order. Mr. Speaker, these are all falsehoods used to justify a needless expense of taxpayer dollars to beat to death for political purposes the tragedy that occurred in Benghazi. And the…

I am rebutting what I just heard. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman says this is about getting at the truth. Really? Because there have been so many falsehoods propounded on this subject by the other side of the aisle. There was a stand-down…

Achieving a two-state solution is in the best interests of both the Israeli and Palestinian peoples.

I thank my dear friend, the distinguished ranking member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. I think, Mr. Speaker, if the Founders were here today and if they had witnessed the proceedings on the Oversight and Government…

I thank my good friend, Mr. McGovern from Massachusetts, a distinguished member of the Rules Committee, with whom I spent 5 hours last night. I wish my friend Mr. Kelly were still here on the floor because he reminds us we take an oath…

I thank my friend. Thirty-two legal experts have the other point of view. And, furthermore, I just say to my friend, if the answer to the House of Representatives is that if you want your constitutional rights to be protected, hire a…

Addressing the humanitarian crisis, it seems to me, must be a priority for the United States Government.

The humanitarian crisis in Syria is almost unprecedented in the region.

We former staffers like to believe it makes for a better Congress

Well, it just seems to me that at some point the fiction that we are helping to build democracy in Egypt has to be addressed.

Aren't they at risk? ... this current government persists in that persecution.

How in the world do we continue to justify decisions such as that made recently by Secretary Kerry nonetheless to go forward with the delivery of Apache helicopters to that military?

At what point do we reevaluate the efficacy of our aid investments despite our noble intentions?

At some point, it seems to me, we are going to have to face the moment of truth about where this government is headed and what investments we are willing to continue to make in it.

I thank my colleague. This budget--I am not going to call somebody Dracula. I am sure it is sincere--but it is all about cutting taxes at the public's expense. It disinvests in America. So we disinvest in R&D, we disinvest in our future…