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Troy Carter
@troycarter· Democratic · LA· Jun 3, 2024

I fully support first responders and I appreciate the first responder witnesses before our subcommittee today.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jun 2, 2024

Listen, we are the rule of law party. Chaos is not a conservative value and we have to fight back and we will with everything in our arsenal. But we do that within the confines of the rule of law.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jun 1, 2024

What happened there was outrageous, and you're right, the American people see it. This is a purely political exercise, not a legal one.

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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· May 30, 2024

Well, the best way to get rid of Donald Trump is to beat him at the ballot box and we're going to continue to say that.

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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· May 30, 2024

It's sad. It's sad to see so many Republicans just forfeit their morals and their conscience to please Donald Trump.

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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· May 30, 2024

We have to communicate that under President Biden, we reduce Black child poverty by 50 percent, that Black unemployment is the all-time low, Black business startup is an all-time high, Black wealth is up 60 percent.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· May 30, 2024

I do believe the Supreme Court should step in. I think that the justices on the court, I know many of them personally, I think they're deeply concerned about that as we are. So I think they'll set this straight.

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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· May 30, 2024

Republican obstruction blocked the George Floyd Act, but the president did it with an executive order.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· May 23, 2024

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Louisiana has 17\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Maryland has 10\1/2\ minutes remaining.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· May 23, 2024

My friend and colleague has mentioned in his opening statement that 500 noncitizens are registered to vote in D.C. My colleague is clever to point this out, but I am quite sure he is also aware that it has been estimated that 50,000…

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· May 23, 2024

I have not heard my Democratic colleagues address the fact that even one noncitizen's vote will, in fact, dilute the votes of American citizens. The gentlewoman mentioned Republicans' efforts to disrupt D.C. elections. Quite to the…

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· May 23, 2024

My distinguished colleague has mentioned that it is already against the law for an illegal to cast a vote. We understand this, but surely the gentleman knows that corruption is borne in the heart of man, not the mechanisms of man. We have…

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· May 23, 2024

I express my sincere gratitude to my friend and colleague, Representative Raskin, for conducting this debate in a vigorous yet respectful manner. I am certain that he will agree that this is the manner in which our Founders envisioned we…

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· May 23, 2024

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Louisiana has 13 minutes remaining.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· May 23, 2024

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 262, noes 143, not voting 25, as follows: [Roll No. 232] AYES--262…

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· May 23, 2024

It is unbelievable that we are even here having to debate this, once again, about whether it is appropriate for people who are citizens of foreign countries, people who are here illegally, people who can vote for Vladimir Putin would also…

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