This is not just about treating individuals in our custody in a humane manner, it is also a matter of law.

I think a case could be made for diplomatic malpractice in how we are approaching North Korea.

I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting H.R. 1235, a commonsense stopgap measure to prevent serious injury to hardworking civil servants who expect the Merit Systems Protection Board to function. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of…

It is clear to me that these deficiencies put children and our agents at risk.

The Kim regime does not deal in good faith.

I have joined Congressman Soto in calling for the U.S. to grant temporary protected status to Venezuelans fleeing this crisis.

That is why I am drafting legislation that would implement a basic set of uniformed humanitarian standards.

I think we have to prepare for the worst.

If there was any doubt, one just needs to examine this weekend's event when Maduro thugs burned tons of boxes of food and medicine.

I thank the distinguished gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. It is a delight to call him that title. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of H.J. Res. 37, directing the President to remove U.S…

Statement for the Record from Representative Gerry Connolly

There are also implied powers in Article 1 Section A to the Constitution exclusively granting to the legislative branch the power of war and peace.

I appreciate the juridical distinction made by the ranking member that the United States is not technically involved on the ground in hostilities.

I beg to differ as, obviously, does my friend from New Jersey.

I support the resolution in front of us. I believe Congress needs to reclaim its congressional power and I will vote for the resolution pending before this committee.

I thank my friend from Massachusetts, and I congratulate her on this amendment. I can't believe that the distinguished ranking member of our committee would continue to engage in conspiracy theories that have been, in fact, disproved and…

I thank my good friend from Maryland for his leadership on this amendment, which I support. The Secret Service do put themselves on the line, and the studies my friend from North Carolina cited had to do with bad management and bad working…

I thank my friend, the distinguished new chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform. I am so proud to call him that. Mr. Chairman, let me just say, I heard the arguments from my friend from North Carolina, and I know he does care…

I have rarely heard such cynicism on the floor of the House of Representatives. Oh, no. My friends on the other side are right to kind of cabal because there is so much cynicism; but this one takes the cake. We are here to honor the…

The bottom line, Mr. Chairman, is that our Federal civil servants are like any other workforce. More than 900,000 of those Federal employees earn less than $60,000 a year. They are not rich. They are not living high on the hog. They…

I thank my good friend, Mr. Clay of Missouri, and a distinguished member of our committee, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I hope the American people are listening to what is being said here on the floor, because they are actually getting an…

the choice is human health and safety versus an exorbitant profit I don't really need.

We're talking about insulin. Insulin's been around since 1921. Can you think of any reason why the prices of insulin, a commonly used drug for 100 years, has skyrocketed so much?

I believe that the same thing will be true of Mr. McCaul and myself.

Those disagreements should not descend into personal animosity.