It's long past time for the Forest Service to finally break its toxic cycle of sue, settle and backslide.

I think would be very disruptive.

On October 7, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security released a joint statement saying: ``The U.S. Intelligence Community is confident that the Russian…

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Lynch). I thank the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar). I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Duffy) for his leadership and collaboration on this important bill that he and I have…

To act with haste on a bill that I think is well-intentioned... that is worthy of examination.

No employee should ever fear retaliation if she steps forward to report conduct that makes her feel afraid.

I'm the ranking member of the subcommittee, and I'm going to use every influence I've got to make sure you are summoned back to this subcommittee.

The Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program, also known as FLTCIP, was created in 2002 to provide affordable long-term care insurance to Federal workers and their families.

I too join the chairman and the ranking member in saluting the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel). I remember him telling the story that he was a teenager at the outbreak of the war in Korea, living in Harlem, and didn't know where Korea…

I thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman), my friend, for yielding. I rise today in support of H. Con. Res. 165, reaffirming longstanding U.S. policy in support of a direct, bilaterally negotiated settlement of the…

I'm anticipating arguments in our next Congress on this subject matter that this would be an unprecedented role for the Federal Government. Not true.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you for the honorable way in which you have responded to my request to have this hearing.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed.

I take my friend from California's point about data. Let's look at OMB's latest report to Congress on Federal regulation which found that the monetized benefits of Federal regulations over the past decade are significantly higher, by a 10…

It seems this Congress will close out the 114th session much the same as it opened. Then we considered H.R. 185, a repeat of the anti-public health, anti-environment, anti-public safety legislation that was defeated in the 112th and 113th…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 12, insert ``(A)'' before ``In applying''. 4 Page 3, line 14, insert after ``one or more such…

I offer amendment Nos. 4 and 5 printed in part B of House Report 114-818. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendments. The text of the amendments is as follows: Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Connolly of Virginia Page 3, line…

I have a parliamentary inquiry. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

May I inquire how much time remains on my side. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has 2 minutes remaining.

I thank my friend for yielding. I am struck by a humorous observation when he talks about what happened in the other body to a lot of legislation. I believe it may have been Sam Rayburn who said, as a Democratic Speaker, the Republicans…

I have no objection to the request of the gentleman from California. Is it, from a parliamentary point of view, a possibility? The Acting CHAIR. The Chair would entertain a unanimous consent request from the proponent. Permission to…

I thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel) and the gentleman from California (Mr. Royce) for their fine work. I rise today in support of H.R. 6297, the Iran Sanctions Extension Act. When Congress considered the Joint Comprehensive…

I just think we in Congress have a responsibility to revisit that issue and address it in a responsible way so that the Secret Service is adequately compensated and your mission is successful.

target African Americans with almost surgical precision

Yes, but it's an example of the opposite of what you're asserting.