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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Sep 27, 2023

If you were to take 1 year, 1 year of LNG that was sent, liquefied natural gas or natural gas that was supplied to Europe, supplied to the European Union from Russia, from Vladimir Putin, and replaced it with U.S. LNG, you would have…

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Sep 27, 2023

I want to be very clear, he is my friend. He is my friend. I go to dinner with him, I have hosted him in Louisiana. I am still waiting for that invite to California that I know after 5 years is coming.

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Sep 27, 2023

And, of course, I said that in jest, suggesting that my friends were indicating that there was some Republican administration that had set those figures.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Sep 27, 2023

Today we are focused on United States Coast Guard engagement in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 26, 2023

What does it mean for human beings to create? In a very real way, this question is the subject of our hearing today.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 26, 2023

I thank the gentleman from Texas for all of his hard work here. I just heard one of our colleagues over here suggest that somehow Republicans are in favor of a government shutdown. No one desires a government shutdown. What we desire and…

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Sep 26, 2023

I will respond to my friend's comments. I actually agree with what he said, and, fortunately, he is not making any reference to my amendment. Let's be clear on what happens here. These are Federal funds; so, yes, absolutely, the Federal…

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Sep 26, 2023

In 1996 this Congress came together to work on a bipartisan basis and enact work requirements for welfare programs. Mr. Chairman, let me be very clear. The United States needs a social safety net. We need a social welfare program--let me…

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Sep 26, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 119, after line 18, insert the following: Sec. 775A. None of the funds made available by this Act may…

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2023

This is an incredibly damning OIG Report, incredibly damning.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2023

I am not asking text retention. I am asking, were the people responsible for the failure of this system... held accountable?

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2023

I thank my friend; that was well said. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa). Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Louisiana (Mr. Johnson), for yielding. So here we are, after nearly 9 months of…

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2023

This is an incredibly damning OIG Report, incredibly damning.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2023

It sounds like interfering with an investigation of a suicide, which may have been inappropriately handled on a Veterans Crisis Line, is incompetence.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2023

This week House Republicans will pass a resolution condemning the actions of New Mexico Governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, a former Member of this body. Late on a Friday night earlier this month, the Governor took action to suspend open…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2023

I thank the gentleman. That was well said. If time permitted today, I am sure we would have every Republican in the Conference come to the floor and speak to the same issue because it is so outrageous that we have this trampling upon some…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2023

Very well said by the gentleman. Look, let's hasten to say we take no pleasure in this. There are a lot of big challenges that the country needs to fix. We don't want to spend time and resources investigating the President, impeaching a…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2023

I thank my friend. He is exactly right. We had no choice but to proceed to the impeachment inquiry phase because that is where the evidence has led us, as you noted. We have a responsibility. Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution says…

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