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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Sep 18, 2023

This legislation is related, as you heard, to the duck stamp. In 1932, President Roosevelt signed into law legislation that authorized the duck stamp that allowed for hunters to get this stamp in order to go hunt waterfowl. This program…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 18, 2023

I think the people don't just have a limited right to elect their representatives, they absolutely have a right to decide the parameters around elected office.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 18, 2023

I don't find myself in agreement with Gloria Steinem about many things, but she was right.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 18, 2023

The bottom line is he is campaigning on the taxpayer's dime.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 18, 2023

That specific language, so there's not a danger that it goes off the rails at that point.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 18, 2023

A Constitutional Amendment for term limits is the only way forward.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 18, 2023

If you fall in line and vote with leadership, you get to keep your seat for life.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Sep 18, 2023

It is a really painful discussion for my constituents and my family back home. I feel that our Nation, in many ways, has betrayed our biblical responsibility to care for our elders.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 18, 2023

It's time we started asking, is Congress too powerful?

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Sep 13, 2023

the backlog. Well, it is going to take 18 months to process. It is going to take 6 months to process this.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 13, 2023

I think the people are calling upon us to bring common sense to this equation because this team on the other side who is pushing this radical climate agenda is engaged in fantasy economics. The people in my State of Louisiana need their…

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Troy Carter
@troycarter· Democratic · LA· Sep 13, 2023

I thank Mr. Hoyer very much for this great opportunity and thank him for his incredible leadership in leading this Regional Leadership Council. A special thank you to our leader, Leader Jeffries, for this very significant appointment to…

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Sep 13, 2023

Passports, it is insane. We have had 9 million illegal crossings, the floodgates opened on the southern border.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Sep 13, 2023

That will help recoup lost revenues right now to close the tax gap and will reduce the deficit.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Sep 13, 2023

we do not build AI into our own governmental enforcement systems that would threaten the individual rights and freedoms of Americans.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Sep 13, 2023

I thank my colleague Congressman Good, and I appreciate the words of wisdom of my colleague Ralph Norman. Mr. Speaker, let me begin with an uplifting statement. God is still on the throne, and we, his humble children, have a responsibility…

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Sep 13, 2023

Our Nation can still succeed, reflective of the will of the people that we have sworn to serve. What we require in order to deliver is not an imagined, unreachable goal or an unreasonable demand. What we require of our Republican…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 13, 2023

Barring declarations of war, impeachment is the most awesome power that Congress has. It shouldn't be a threat. It shouldn't be a political exercise. It is certainly not a pledge to be made on the campaign trail. This is the most serious…

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