I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 43, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 231 Leg.] YEAS--51 Banks…

the writing's on the wall

Mr. President, on a separate topic, as I reflect on my time in public service, I have been thinking about the issues that have meant the most during my career. There are a few that stand out, including my steadfast belief that the promise…

Mr. President, I didn't agree with former President George W. Bush on a lot of things, but I have repeatedly given him credit for making the United States the world's leader in stemming the HIV-AIDS epidemic in some of the poorest parts of…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the No Dollars to Uyghur Forced Labor Act. The Chinese Communist Party is carrying out a campaign of genocide against Uyghur Muslims in…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on this measure. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1724) to prohibit the use of funds supporting any activities within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, as amended. The Clerk read the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, this bill signals that the United States will not tolerate the use of state violence to extract profit from the bodies of the persecuted. I thank my friend, the gentleman…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry), the sponsor of this legislation.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1540, Mr. Perry's Falun Gong Protection Act. For decades, the House of Representatives has been raising alarms about organ harvesting…

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this issue. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of…

Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1540) to provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to forced organ harvesting within the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, in closing, I again thank Representative McCormick for his bill, as well as Select Committee on the CCP Chairman Moolenaar and Representatives Baumgartner and Lawler for…

Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. McCormick), the sponsor of this legislation. Mr. McCORMICK. Madam Speaker, I thank Chairman Mast and the minority party for supporting this bill. Since illegally invading…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise in support for H.R. 1486, the Economic Espionage Prevention Act, introduced by my colleague from Georgia (Mr. McCormick). The Chinese Communist Party is…

Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1512) to amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State's Taiwan Guidelines, as amended. The Clerk…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. On October 7, the world witnessed the horror of Iran-backed terrorism as Hamas brutally murdered over 1,200 innocent people in Israel. Iran has been sponsoring Hamas for years. They were…