I just want to thank the gentleman from Texas for his gracious remarks. He spent a fair amount of time in the Green Mountain State, so he knows about these mobile homes. I am going to go back and tell folks that you are still the good guy…

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 55, after line 11, insert the following new section: SEC. 111. USE OF VOUCHERS FOR MANUFACTURED…

First of all, I am a strong supporter of the good work that is represented in H.R. 3700, and I congratulate Chairman Luetkemeyer and Ranking Member Cleaver for their hard work on this, as well as Chairman Hensarling and Ranking Member…

The 114th Congress will be remembered as the Congress that tried and tried again to unravel the extraordinary and great achievements of that American President of a century ago, Theodore Roosevelt. President Roosevelt was a Republican. He…

But the reality is we are building a structure of inequality, bill by bill, brick by brick. Denying class action access to the courts for everyday Americans injured by similar or the same corporate misconduct is to deny them a basic…

The Food and Drug Administration has an extremely important job to make certain that our food is safe, but it is often misguided and overreaches in some of its regulations. The FDA is considering a standard that would severely impact…

I actually am one who has always favored having our facilities located more in the center of cities rather than way in the outskirts.

And this issue of embassy security obviously is very important. I appreciate the work you're doing.

This bill is missing a great opportunity where we have common ground on energy efficiency. Mr. Upton and Mr. Whitfield are great chairmen of the subcommittee and the standing committee and made an honest effort to try to include all of the…

if you want to destroy a people, if you want to destroy a community, and you want to do it slowly but surely, you can do it through drugs.

This was one of the great law and law enforcement American tragedies.

this is an issue that affects all of us, it affects all of us, and if it has not affected you yet, I promise you it probably will.

I look forward to working with all of my colleagues to ensure full and swift reauthorization of ONDCP, a program that is absolutely crucial to the future success, safety, and health of our great Nation.

I couldn't help but believe that if somehow treatment had been earlier available, we might have prevented what was one of the worst tragedies in law enforcement in American history.

As Mr. Neal said, this transportation highway bill used to be a solid, bipartisan bill that invested in the future of this country. This Congress has set different expectations. I think if we are candid with ourselves and with the American…

the original sanctions that we had did not stop the nuclear program.

The deal is done. So that is not going to be undone realistically.

I did support it but share a lot of the concerns that have been expressed.

regime change is the only way it achieves stability in that country and in the region.

the stability that we need will come only through ultimately a regime change in Iran.

I thank the gentleman from Oregon, and I reiterate his strong arguments. Madam Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Welch). The…

May I inquire as to my remaining time. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Vermont has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I have one comment. We have a budgetary issue because we don't have as robustly funded a transportation bill as we need. I appreciate the comments of the chairman of the committee, but that problem is something that is going to be…

One of the major challenges for a comprehensive transportation bill is to have it facilitate the creation of livable communities, and we have, across this country, more and more communities that, as part of creating that space for good…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 3010 of division A. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 507, the gentleman from…