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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 11, 2023

They're asking for the ability to fight back. As we've seen in recent days, there's a real chance they could win this conflict with Russia.

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Troy Carter
@troycarter· Democratic · LA· Dec 11, 2023

This bipartisan legislation extends CWMD's authorization for 2 years and mandates a Congressional report on the office's plans to enhance morale--an ongoing concern. The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to brief…

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Troy Carter
@troycarter· Democratic · LA· Dec 11, 2023

Let me say a huge thank-you to Representative Ivey for yielding and particular appreciation and thanks to Congressman D'Esposito, the chairman of the subcommittee. I am pleased that we are here today to consider Representative D'Esposito's…

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Troy Carter
@troycarter· Democratic · LA· Dec 11, 2023

I thank Congressman Jackson for the great work that he continues to do. I thank him for his illustrious words and for the opportunity to participate in the CBC Special Order. 2023 has been an exciting and action-packed year. It has been an…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 10, 2023

The facts are so clear for everyone to see. The evidence is so clear you cannot look away. And the Constitution requires the House to follow the truth where it leads.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 10, 2023

There is a check on the president. It's called the next election cycle. That's why they only serve four years. The voters get to decide that.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 10, 2023

The Founders were afraid that if politicians ever weaponize that function in the Congress, then you would open a Pandora's box that couldn't be close.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 10, 2023

If you are the majority party in the House, and you don't like a president of another party, because his policies are wrong, or you don't like the way he communicates or whatever it is, you can just manufacture charges and go after him and…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 10, 2023

What happens a few years from now, 10 years from now, 20 years from now, we have a Democrat in the White House and you have a Republican majority in the House. They're going to demand that they be impeached because you now set the bar so…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 10, 2023

The Founding Fathers warned us -- I mean, they feared a single party impeachment. And the reason they said that is because they knew that it would literally divide the country.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 10, 2023

They openly said and wrote about and spoke about how it might be irreparable damage to the country.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Dec 7, 2023

Silence your heart and look into the eyes of this young American. Tomorrow he would have been 101 years old. On December 8, 1941, for his 19th birthday, he got World War II. Like millions of other young men across the country, when the…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 7, 2023

I rise this morning to introduce my longtime friend, Bishop Larry Lawrence Brandon, who I have the honor of hosting as our guest chaplain in the House today. Bishop Brandon is the senior pastor of Praise Temple Missionary Baptist Church…

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Dec 6, 2023

I was detained on my way to vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall No. 699, Ogles Amendment No. 6 to H.R. 5933--DETERRENT Act. Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. Scott of Virginia The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 5, 2023

Neither the free world nor Ukraine can afford further delays.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 5, 2023

You're seeing a very deliberate investigation following -- uncovering and following the facts, following the truth where it leads. That's what the Constitution requires the House to do. And the House Republicans have done that very…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 5, 2023

Speaker Mike Johnson is correct: Putin will not stop in Ukraine and threatens, really, the security of all of Europe.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 5, 2023

War criminal Putin must pay for his war. Confiscating this money for Ukrainian defense and construction would go a long way to ensuring Ukraine can continue the fight.

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