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Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, today we heard concerns from our Members, including Members most affected by this legislation. Tomorrow, we will debate amendments that include 15 new unrelated matters to…
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Newhouse), the chair of the Western Caucus.
Mr. President, in recent days the Biden administration has backed away from its original goal to reopen most schools within the first 100 days. This comes despite new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention research recommending that…
The current budget reconciliation package being considered in the House allocates $17 billion for VA to respond to the pandemic.
It is simply impractical to think that the United States will provide significant sanctions relief without assurances that Iran will immediately begin negotiations on a follow-on agreement that at least extends the timelines of the deal…
I want to thank you all for being here, and I want to give a big shout-out to the folks at the VA in Arkansas that are doing such a tremendous job.
We are still in good shape. We have obligated a little over $7.2 billion.
We need additional legislative relief in order to get there.
I just want to associate myself with the remarks of Ken Calvert and others that have talked about the ISR needs of SOUTHCOM.
Madam President, it is a real honor to be down here with my friend and the chairwoman of the Agriculture Committee, Senator Stabenow, and I appreciate her cooperation in working so very hard and providing the leadership to get Secretary…
Madam President, today, the Senate will vote on Linda Thomas-Greenfield's nomination to be Ambassador to the United Nations. I will oppose her nomination. The United Nations is a troubled institution. Too often, the U.N. is, at its best, a…
I strongly support the efforts that we have to build more semiconductors here in the United States.
The American rescue plan has a lot. It has money to get vaccinations into arms, it has money for resources for schools, really, relief that families need with those direct payments and those direct checks.
The president and vice president have been clear. They believe that teachers should be prioritized in states to get the vaccines, just like frontline workers.
this is a form of generational theft. I mean, we are giving money out where there is not a definitive need, and we are going to ask future generations to pay for it.
shouldn't we maybe claw back some of that second tranche of money if, in fact, we find that it hasn't necessarily been as big a hardship as we thought it was at the time we passed that bill?