Mr. Speaker, I am going to pause here for 5 seconds, and I will tell you why. I did that to note something. I did that because I want to note that our Federal Government just spent $1 million in 5 seconds--$1 million. By the time I finish…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend for his service as a police officer, law enforcement, and also now in Congress. We are delighted to have you. Mr. Speaker, I yield next to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa). Mr. LaMALFA. Mr…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 7 o'clock and 26 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, March 9, 2023, at 10 a.m. for morning-hour…

Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of H.R. 140, Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act, and I applaud and appreciate Chairman Comer bringing this bill forward. In a recent hearing held by the Oversight and Accountability…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman, and I point out, as he said, that our resolution blocking those crazy changes to D.C.'s criminal code was so strong that even Joe Biden couldn't agree to veto it. We are doing the right thing. We must…

Mr. Speaker, it is a harsh truth, and we have to address it. My colleague is right. As he implied there, the inevitable result of living beyond our means today is that we and our children inevitably are going to have to live below our…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his remarks. The regulatory environment is just out of control, and that recent Supreme Court opinion of West Virginia v. EPA came out on our side, and I think that some of these agencies will begin…

Under the First Amendment, Americans have a right to speak freely regardless of whether their speech upsets the preferred narrative.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his remarks; that was so well said. The gentleman is a great orator, and I love how he laid out the case methodically. That is what a former U.S. attorney from the Western District of Tennessee would…

Twitter was basically an FBI subsidiary before Elon Musk took it over.

The Twitter files should be a matter of bipartisan concern for every Member of Congress and every American citizen.

The Federal Government from Democratic Members of Congress, to intelligence agencies, including the FBI, used Twitter and other social media companies to censor American's speech.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for that wise counsel. It is about responsibility, and the gentleman said it so well. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Kustoff).

Ronald Reagan used to remind us we should paint with bold colors and not pale pastels because weakness invites aggression.

Relying solely on contract labor creates an unstable and unreliable workforce.

The American people, especially those of us who lost loved ones, deserve answers and want answers to know that the U.S. Government is prepared for future threats.

I share the grave concerns of my colleagues about the Chinese government's theft of the intellectual property of our Nation's innovators.

We support the idea that people should be able to leave a job and go to another job.