reserving the right to object, in my conversations with Kansans, I frequently point to the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs as proof that we can still work together, that unity is attainable, and that we are able to set aside our…

I believe my detractors were paid.

I thank Representative Mann for managing the floor time on this resolution. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 153, a resolution honoring the victims of Flight 5342 and Black Hawk PAT 25 and offering condolences to the families…

I believed my detractors were paid.

I urge all of my colleagues to support H. Res. 153, and I continue to express condolences for all the victims to their families, friends, and loved ones. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

I'm not going to. We don't have time for everyone to stand up.

This is a total disgrace.

Today, I rise to recognize the exceptional service of Kansan Carl Harris, the 2024 chairman of the National Association of Home Builders. For more than four decades, Carl has made an outsized impact on the residential construction industry…

I encourage everyone to get their measles vaccine, their MMR vaccine. I think it’s a great idea.

I am thrilled to join the Institute at Columbia University and to provide a unique voice defending traditional American values and the Founders' vision for our great nation, alongside the necessity to support our allies across the world.

I suspect that [Columbia's] outreach was intentional in the sense that they were seeking to bring onto campus...someone with a view that is very different than most of the faculty on their staff.

I thank the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez) for yielding. I rise in support of the bipartisan Successful Entrepreneurship for Reservists and Veterans Act, or the SERV Act, which I introduced alongside Representatives Alford and…

No reasonable person would view my comments as a threat

this amendment is unnecessary. Full funding to carry out the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson PACT Act is not in jeopardy. The PACT Act received widespread bipartisan support, bicameral commitment, because we care about toxic-exposed…

I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. As we have learned tonight, this budget resolution is about unlocking reconciliation to secure the border and keep Americans safe. This amendment is unnecessary and delays the budgeting…

I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. As we all know by now, the purpose of this budget resolution is to unlock reconciliation so we can once again secure the border and keep America safe. I do look forward to working with the…

We are being reassured that no one at the VA who has any direct care responsibilities are being terminated or laid off.

what the American public wants is for us to bring actual weapons to this bar fight