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Pete Aguilar
@peteaguilar· Democratic · CA· May 7, 2025

House Republicans should use this time, this free week that they have, to vote on policy that matters for everyday Americans.

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Roger Williams
@rogerwilliams· Republican · TX· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, due to a personal family matter, I was unable to vote on H.R. 881--the DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 120.

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
Pete Stauber
@petestauber· Republican · MN· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the rule on the DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act. Mr. Speaker, over the past decade, Communist China has persecuted the Uyghur population for their…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
John Rice Carter
@johnricecarter· Republican · GA· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the over 50 years of service that Linda Johnson Wade has provided the citizens of Pooler, Bloomingdale, Garden City, West Chatham County, and Effingham County as a pharmacy technician. Linda began serving…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
Marcy Kaptur
@marcykaptur· Democratic · OH· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate the members of Ohio's Lyons-Royalton Fire Department, a pillar of the Lyons community. Firefighters recently saved the life of a local man while responding to a fire call. Homeowners Barb and Steve Bates…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
Tim Burchett
@timburchett· Republican · TN· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mary Frances Tucker for her service to the community with the Emerald Youth Foundation. Emerald Youth Foundation is a Christian ministry that has served young people in Knoxville for over 30 years…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
Tim Burchett
@timburchett· Republican · TN· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Devyn Martin and his coach, Tommy Eggleston. Both Devyn and Coach Eggleston have left an incredible, lasting mark, not only on West High School basketball but also on the entire community. Devyn is a heck…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
Tim Burchett
@timburchett· Republican · TN· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I am going to change sides here real quick. I rise today to honor a good friend of mine, a great Tennessean, my buddy Miles Mencer, who is finally retiring after five decades of hard work in east Tennessee. I am sure he will…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07
Tulsi Gabbard
@tulsigabbard· Democratic · HI· May 7, 2025

Today's release is an important step toward maximum transparency, finding the truth, and sharing the truth.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· May 7, 2025

We’re better than this. It just sounds like a sophomore thing to do.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· May 7, 2025

I couldn’t sign on to the $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid that hardliners of his party are demanding.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· May 7, 2025

We’re the United States of America. We’re not Kaiser Wilhelm’s Germany or Napoleon’s France. I just — we’re better than this. It just sounds like a sophomore thing to do.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· May 7, 2025

it just seems juvenile.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· May 7, 2025

We're the United States of America. We're not Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany or Napoleon's France. I just — we're better than this.

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Glenn Grothman
@glenngrothman· Republican · WI· May 7, 2025

Mr. Speaker, we are on the final couple of weeks, the home stretch, with regard to our big, beautiful bill. There are going to be a lot of debates as to what we should do. Some people actually want to expand programs which, in our current…

Congressional Record · 2025-05-07