There's no doubt that there's a sickness in D.C., and that sickness isn't going to be cured with these big, long, pork-filled bills.
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It's pretty simple. My constituents were against the C.R. just as much as I was against the C.R.
Congress should do its job. And if you can't do your job, maybe you shouldn't be there.
This cannot be the norm. We have to get back to regular order and pass our appropriations bills.
In my eyes, there's no doubt that there's a sickness in D.C., and that sickness isn't going to be cured with these big, long, pork-filled bills.
This cannot be the norm. We have to get back to regular order and pass our appropriations bills.
I want the president to enforce the laws that we have on the books, that simple.
If you can't do your job, maybe you shouldn't be there.
We have to get back to regular order and pass our appropriations bills.
In my eyes, there's no doubt that there's a sickness in D.C., and that sickness isn't going to be cured with these big, long, pork-filled bills.
This has all been so moving and so lovely, but if anyone tuned in late tonight in C-SPAN, they probably thought I passed because it really did sound like a eulogy. I am still here, and I will continue to text and call and inform everyone…
I am like you with whatever pact you all made. We didn't want him to leave, but do you think his beautiful bride, Laura, had something to say about that?
I now recognize the gentleman from Waco, Texas, Mr. Pete Sessions.
I thank the gentleman, an admirer of the Republic of Texas. I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Roy).
I thank Chairman Babin for his great remarks, his heartfelt words, because he shares the sentiment of all of us, Dr. Michael Burgess. I yield to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Lucas) for his remarks.
The Democratic Party in the past has been able to hold people together across cultural divides because, at the end of the day, the Democratic Party was for the everyday person.
I think that message, that kind of message, is what the Democratic Party has needed for the last few years.