That is an illegal annexation and we are not going to recognize it.

When does Congress assert itself? When do we say, that goes so far we are not going to put up with it; you will pay a heavy price?

There has to be an aggressive recruitment. There has be an aggressive commitment to making the Foreign Service so that it looks like America.

losing, like winning, is a passing phenomenon in politics, so be comforted.

He was lured into that consulate under false assurances of his own personal security, where he was murdered in cold blood and dismembered by agents of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

If you listen to their narrative, you would never know that 600 single-source brand name drugs...went up in price for the American consumer by 21 percent in just a two-year period between 2018 and 2020.

that difference means that for an American consumer dependent on this lifesaving drug, it can cost more than $16,000 a month, and I don't think that is an appropriate cost.

That is the CEO we want to look at. We want to protect the American consumer, and if my friends on the other side of the aisle decide they don't want to do that, I think they are taking a bad step.

that ought not to be the kind of Sophie's Choice any American faces.

You would never know, listening to their narrative, that long-time drugs a hundred years old like insulin...increased and skyrocketed in price, threatening the health of American diabetics and prediabetics.

I thank my good friend from Texas (Mr. Castro) and my other good friend from Texas (Mr. McCaul) for their leadership and generosity in allowing us to bring this bipartisan bill before the floor. Madam Speaker, I rise, of course, in support…

Having the president of the United States either ignore human rights discussions... is a huge problem.

America's leadership and its model has mattered for generations, and we have never been perfect.

We have to maintain our support, strong support.

The emergency was Congress might actually look at these arms sales and reach a different conclusion.

The emergency is that Congress might prevent the Administration from doing what it wants.

If low morale is reason for someone to be fired, look up, not down.

They have the responsibility to identify areas of waste, fraud, and abuse.

He described some of those conversations that you initiated with him as, from his perspective, bullying.

There is nothing in there that says the executive branch can ignore congressional prerogatives.

I couldn't agree with him more.

I respectfully ask the committee to make a formal referral to the U.S. Attorney's Office to investigate whether Louis DeJoy's testimony violated 18 U.S.C. 1001 of the Criminal Code.

It is simply wrong to put such a partisan political insider in charge of the Postal Service, especially in an election year.

the Postmaster General flat out refused, on the record, under oath, before this committee, to reconnect those sorting machines that had been disconnected.

I'm asking that the Democrats and the Republicans on this committee ask Senator McConnell to bring this bill to a vote before the Senate.