Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Weber) for yielding and for organizing this tribute to my dear friend, Louie Gohmert. We will miss you in this Chamber, but I have nothing but great memories of Louie. You expressed so…

I think you ought to pass the recipe on, so we can keep that tradition going, if nothing else--we won't enter it into the Congressional Record--just the seasoning and rub you put on it the night before. But it is one of those things that…

I think Warnock is in an advantageous position, but not a certain position.

We had -- we lost the popular vote, in a congressional election.

Herschel Walker is running the most buffonic Senate campaign, I've ever seen, in America.

But yes, I mean, this is not a high-quality Senate candidate. We can all agree on that, I mean.

The polling I've seen is quite -- is tight. I mean, Warnock's got a slight lead.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to thank my defense fellow, Jay Hurst, for a year of exceptional service to our office and to our Nation. Jay joined us in January, and he has enriched our office with his invaluable insights and great company. He was…

The final question would be on government funding. We are hearing there are negotiations. When we talk to appropriators on our side, they haven't indicated that they have been included in those negotiations. Do we know where those…

Mr. Speaker, I just would strongly encourage that as the text gets filed, if it is not some time in the next few hours, that when the gentleman is scheduling the floor vote on that bill, that there is enough time between when it goes to…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. As we look toward next week, we will still have continued colloquies, at least one more colloquy. I have enjoyed these as well, and we will have time to talk about that later. If I could ask about the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the House majority leader the schedule for next week. But before I yield, I will just say that I know the gentleman from Maryland, the distinguished majority leader, has recently decided…

Mr. Speaker, we noticed the Committee on Rules has scheduled a hearing on Monday for the National Defense Authorization Act. We still don't have any text for that bill. Obviously, the NDAA is a very important bill to laying out the…

It is a good suggestion and something we can get back to, hopefully, in the new year, try to make this process work better. I appreciate the suggestion. Again, we will have this conversation more next week. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the…

I share the gentleman's concerns there. One of the reasons we put the calendar out for next year this early and built time in during those months before the summer so that there is ample time to get all 12 appropriations bills through the…

A broader discussion for another day. Clearly, as we look at next year, we would hope to pass all 12 appropriations bills out of the House, but as the gentleman points out, at some point the Senate is going to have to start moving…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the tenure of my longtime scheduler, director of operations, and policy adviser, Ruth Ward. After 6 extraordinary years on Capitol Hill, Ruth is leaving public service for a new opportunity, and she is…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Long- Term Care Veterans Choice Act. The Department of Veterans Affairs has been running its medical foster homes initiative since the year 2000, and as of 2021, the Veterans Health Administration…