I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Imagine you are a coder and you have a great idea for an app that predicts the weather or identifies traffic flows or helps people navigate the social service system. You know how to code the app, but…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank my colleagues across the aisle for working on this issue. I think it is particularly powerful when what happens in this marble building isn't some distant theoretical policy conversation…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I believe that we have a responsibility to ensure that military veterans have access to the benefits and services that they have earned. These men and women have had our backs, and we need…

We should be preventing foreign interference in our elections, and it logically follows from that that companies shouldn't be able to make a profit from it.

Our democratic Republic, that system in which we the people are the boss, has become vulnerable to foreign actors that want to disrupt our system of government to influence electoral outcomes.

The Honest Ads Act introduced in the Senate by Senators Klobuchar, McCain, and Warner, and in the House by Representative Kilmer, offers a promising framework to ensure such disclosure.

Those rules require disclosure of who's buying what ads where. And that's vital if we're going to ensure transparency to affirm the public's right to know.

That's why we introduced the Honest Ads Act, myself and Congressman Coffman, with input from my good colleague, Representative Sarbanes, and Senators Klobuchar, McCain, and Warner.

I am so honored to welcome Pastor Molly Fraser from Gig Harbor United Methodist Church, my home church. Our church isn't the biggest church, it isn't the oldest church, but it has left a large impact throughout Gig Harbor because it makes…

We support the inclusion of this language as it further encourages the Secretaries of the military to seek out those opportunities.

When I am at home, I don't hear anyone say, Let's make it easier for folks to use big money to influence elections, and yet there are provisions in this spending bill that would do just that. My colleagues across the aisle are putting…

I appreciate Chairman Calvert's willingness to work with me on this effort. Having grown up on the Olympic Peninsula, I understand our responsibility to be stewards of the environment and to make sure that the Navy is a good neighbor. I…

I would like to thank Chairman Calvert and Ranking Member McCollum for supporting important policies and programs protecting the unique landscapes you find in the Pacific Northwest. Our region values Federal lands, and, likewise, we are…

I thank my colleague for yielding. I also rise to oppose this amendment because I support quality jobs for folks and the laws that protect them. When I go around my district, I hear from folks who are still feeling squeezed that are ready…

I want to thank the chairman and our ranking member. I have great respect for both of them. Mr. Chair, the most important responsibility we have is to keep our Nation and our citizens safe. In order to fulfill that responsibility, we have…

I believe that is unfair and punishes Tribal members who wish to give back to their people through government service.

With the Shelby County v. Holder decision, the Supreme Court effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act. At the time, Chief Justice John Roberts said that the key protections the Court removed from the act were, as he put it: ``extraordinary…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 7, line 10, after the period, insert the following: ``Such recommendations shall include recommendations on…

I thank the gentleman for his support. And, again, I thank Representatives Curbelo and Davis for their work on the underlying bill, and the cooperation of Mr. Valadao for working to address this challenge. Mr. Chairman, I urge adoption of…

There are people in a person's life that have a lasting influence, educators who help shape the person that you become. Ron Jones of Port Angeles, Washington, was one of those people for me and for hundreds of others. For the last 42…

I have to say the elimination of these programs I think would be very pound foolish, I can't even say it is penny wise.

We had a NASA explorer school in my district, and I got to visit, and the kids were mesmerized.

Why should States and rural communities be stuck holding the bag for the Federal government?

I honestly do not know how to explain to my constituents why the President's budget zeros this out.

I think it is important the Federal government not leave States holding the bag.