I want to note my strong opposition to the top line number for defense. It doesn't even make up for inflation, which, to me, means it is a cut, and isn't the increase we need to compete, to deter, and to win against our pacing threats.

I consider it to be dangerous, and I hope we can come together and inject some common sense into the situation and increase it more appropriately, in the words of Ronald Reagan, so that we can continue to have peace through strength.

Finally, Mr. President, I have to observe something independent of Ms. Gupta herself. The discharge petition filed today requires that there has been a valid, tied vote in committee. That is the rule we all agreed to in the beginning of…

Mr. President, Vanita Gupta is President Biden's nominee to be Associate Attorney General. She is unfit for that role. She is unfit because of her radical view that every single American and every single institution in the United States is…

Madam Speaker, it has been 85 days since President Biden halted the Keystone pipeline. We have yet to see those green jobs he promised. Promises won't pay the bills. We stand with the hardworking Americans who were forced out of work and…

If enacted, the Puerto Rico voters would need to ratify being admitted to the Union.

Now that Puerto Ricans have publicly and officially asked for statehood, it is time for the United States officially to offer it.

I sincerely hope that we can return to work in person soon.

they eliminated the Safe Third Country agreements with Central American countries.

If confirmed, can you commit to assisting Congress in closing these legal loopholes...

We appreciate your willingness to serve, and like Senator Tuberville, coach, my father also was in the military.

a Representative in Congress from the State of Arkansas.

It is unclear why electing delegates to lifetime terms, to define what status options are available, is necessary.

Let's take the sword as once the young American Republic started to lead the free world.

The federal government systematically discriminate against American Citizens, not only on the island, but in all the five populated territories.

I am strongly inclined to Mr. Soto's and Miss Gonzalez-Colon's proposal, but it does trouble me...

Congress does not have the power to create a permanent union between Puerto Rico and the United States except by admitting Puerto Rico into statehood.

There are two, and only two, real self-determination options for Puerto Rico: statehood and independence.