Our country has no greater responsibility than to protect and defend this Nation and its Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic, and I thank Ranking Member McCollum for yielding me time to speak as a member of the Subcommittee…

I think that is huge because early on they are getting a vision of opportunity in their lives, and it is a great motivator.

Lack of enforcement of the 1921 Packers and Stockyards Act, along with unchecked corporate mergers, has allowed megacorporations, even foreign corporations, extreme power at the expense of our livestock producers and contract growers. This…

I thank Ranking Member Bishop for yielding time for me to oppose this quite unfortunate piece of legislation and quite harmful to agriculture. The majority can't produce a real farm bill, and they can't produce a budget on time. Now, this…

I would urge you to place an even higher emphasis on a priority to stop impoverishing working families through higher energy costs.

my Republican colleagues are kneecapping the American people and those who serve this country

I am saddened about that.

I am also disappointed that many of your colleagues on the Democrat side chose not to come here.

Innocent people in Chicago are victimized by a justice system that cares more about political correctness than punishing the criminals who harm them and their families.

The rise in violent crime in Chicago has been coupled with attacks on the men and women who wear the uniform, on our great law enforcement officers.

We have to change that immediately, and the way that we change that, and the way that we prevent another Christian or my friend's two brothers, prevent their deaths, is to be tough on crime.

When you defunded the police, you shouldn't be surprised when you get more crime.

For 11 years, 11 years, Chicago has led the country in homicide and has only gotten worse under State's Attorney Kim Foxx.

Law and order are the only way we are going to change the situation here in the city of Chicago.

elections have consequences, and they need to start paying attention to who they are voting for

Chicago leaders have argued Ms. Fox's policies on nonprosecution and eliminating cash bail are keeping too many criminals on the streets and making this city more dangerous.

AI is a tool, and we have the responsibility to set policies to ensure that when and if this tool is used, it's used to make our economy work better for consumers and savers--not to exploit them.

Technology in our financial system, new technology, has done plenty of good for Americans.