U.S. Lieutenant Governors

The Trump hush money and Hunter Biden cases were both bullshit, and pardons are appropriate.

It is my privilege to honor two men who have given a combined 74 years of service to the House of Representatives, Wade Ballou and Ralph Seep. Both of these gentlemen are retiring and have made important contributions in the way that the…

I don't care your views about health care companies because I don't think they're great right now either. But you do not celebrate the assassination of another human being who was just doing his job.

This is for people to know that there is money back in their pockets.

I’m on your side. I believe that this extra inflation-driven sales tax revenue should not be spent by the state. It is your money, and it should be back in your pockets.

I am here to stand in support of my bill, H.R. 8841, to rename the post office in Roseau, Minnesota, in honor of Mr. Floyd B. Olson, who faithfully served as postmaster for the community for 25 years. Floyd was a staple in his community…

I think it is incumbent upon us as we go forward to do that, and I commit to you that we will continue to pursue that.

I do think we need a closer relationship between the intent of Congress and the implementation of our laws.

I look forward to working with you and Senator Shaheen and Senator Kaine and everybody else here to come up with new legislation to hold the executive branch's feet to the fire.

The enforcement of those sanctions, the pursuit of those sanctions are incredibly important, and I do not think we are doing nearly as good a job pursuing as we are putting them on.

For whatever reason the second branch of government is reluctant to anger other countries or look at the wrath of other countries, and that is just flat wrong.

What is happening there today, as we speak, on the ground is unacceptable what the current authorities are doing against the people of Georgia.

I am proud of the work we did together to permanently authorize the Global Magnitsky authority.

The beauty of the Constitution of the United States is that the legislative branch is a co-equal branch of government to the executive branch, and you can actually do stuff.

When I did REPO, which you referred to, my biggest enemy was not Democrats. My biggest enemy was the Administration.

The tragic situations there cry out for us using every tool in our diplomatic toolbox to help deal with the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, once again, I do not believe that any of what my Republican friends are talking about on the floor…

I do think it is rich that the Democrats are talking about President Trump going after these groups because the Democrats, both under President Obama and under President Biden, have gone after conservative groups trying to make them look…

My Democrat colleagues continue over and over and over to try to demonize and vilify President-elect Trump. They just spent months trying to turn him into the boogieman who is going to destroy this country and create chaos. Voters flatly…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1576 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1576 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the…

California will seek to work with the incoming administration.

It's a gut check for -- for some people that haven't really finally decided at that. It's like, you know, what do I want? Do I want that kind of a risk? Or do we want, you know, like kind of a -- like a president and a new way forward for…

And if they all end up in at the Supreme Court, the -- the Supreme Court has demonstrated that they are going to, you know, follow his agenda.

And I really would like to remind anybody, you know, anyone, any of the reachables, you know, like if -- if anyone is considering voting for Trump, and here is what the risk right now.