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Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this important bill to better secure our Capitol complex, which includes my legislation to provide body-worn cameras to Capitol Police officers and require their use. Implementing a body-worn camera…
Okay, I will talk faster. I know this is a little bit geeky, but this is important. Open borders, inflation, these are components that just crush the very people who we were having so much success with for a couple of years. We all talk a…
Mr. Speaker, before I start my presentation--and I am going to focus sort of on some of the economics, the debt and economic growth, particularly in some of the proposals that are hitting the House right now--I wanted to touch on…
Madam Speaker, when I joined the Marine Corps, the most sacred part of my oath was to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I took that oath again when I was sworn into office as a Member…
Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 2878, the Native VetSuccess at Tribal Colleges and Universities Pilot Program Act. I thank Chair Takano for bringing this bill to the floor. I also thank my co-leads on this…
Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 143 on H.R. 1065, I am not recorded because I had to return home to my district to attend the funeral of a close family friend. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 143.
Madam Speaker, this week is National Police Week. I rise today to honor the courageous men and women in blue. We know that a single week is simply not enough to recognize the service and sacrifice that police officers and their families…
Mr. Speaker, tonight, I am going to actually try to do something that is a little tricky, but I am going to first sort of explain the theme, and then I am going to sort of walk through some of the backup material. We understand right now…
Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Johnson for yielding. For the past year, we have heard dangerous calls to disband, defund, and dismantle the police. Guess what? Since then, dangerous crimes have skyrocketed. Is it any wonder? We have also seen a…
Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 1688, the Native American Child Protection Act. I first want to thank my friend and the dean of the House, Congressman Don Young, for working with me on this bill to ensure Native…
Cancel culture is eroding the very foundation of who we are as an American people. Rowan Atkinson, the star of the British TV series ``Maigret'' said that it is like a medieval mob coming to burn witches. That is what the cancel culture is…
Mr. President, I rise today to introduce a bipartisan Senate resolution recognizing the thousands of Arizonans and millions more across America who go to work every day to serve their fellow citizens, protect our communities, and make our…
Mr. Speaker, let me tell you what Democrat support is really about on H.R. 51: Democratic partisanship, Democrat power, Democrat policy, Democrat progressive issues. No State has been admitted by the Constitution. No State was created from…
Madam Speaker, there is a border crisis. Let's just face it. President Biden even slipped over the weekend and said it was a crisis. Then the White House had to pull it back. When thousands of people are crossing the border each and every…
Madam Speaker, this is going to be one of those evenings where you have a lot of things to share, but they are actually really about two subjects. And I am going to ask us to try to think about things a little bit differently. And as is my…
Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. When I hear that, oh, this bill simply is just trying to give a phone call, well, then why didn't it say that? Why didn't it say that in the bill? It didn't say that. It talks about access…
Madam Speaker, this individual has not been to the border once, but the solutions are not a mystery. President Biden has to stand up and make a statement: You have to continue construction of the wall; reinstate the MPP program; reinstate…
Madam Speaker, if this bill passes, the President may only act if the Secretary of State allows him to act, and that is backward. The Secretary of State should not be authorized in statute to tell the President, the Secretary of State's…