
In closing, I echo those comments. This is another great bipartisan effort in the Committee on Homeland Security. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 9668, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The…
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In closing, I echo those comments. This is another great bipartisan effort in the Committee on Homeland Security. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 9668, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The…

I join my colleagues here today to honor the life and legacy of my good friend, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, from the great State of Washington. Through her 20 years of service, she has made an incredible impact in the Halls of…

I again urge my colleagues to support H.R. 9689, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Green) that the House suspend the rules and pass…

Thank you, Ranking Member Pallone. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Balderson).

I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 9769, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Green) that the House suspend the rules and pass the…

I congratulate a very fine young man from Tennessee's Second District, young Jack Felton. Jack is a proud member of the fall 2024 pledge class of the Sigma Chi fraternity at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he was recently…

Well, here in Fiscal Year 1924, you lost $9.5 billion.

We will possess the power to overturn more than a century of federal constitutional law and policy.

if there is one thing we have learned from last month's election, it is that President Trump has a clear mandate from the American people to get this country back on track, and one of the things that Tennesseans talk to me most about is…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 204, noes 198, not voting 31, as follows: [Roll No. 491] AYES--204…

Exactly. Exactly. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the work and legacy of my dear friend and colleague, Congresswoman Debbie Lesko, from the great State of Arizona. I have had the privilege of working alongside Congresswoman Lesko for…

By counting illegal immigrants, these states receive more electoral votes and seats in Congress. Doesn't that mean that Democrats benefit from illegal immigration?

I am proud to support this bill to honor Reverend Harold Middlebrook. I should have said in my notes earlier that there was an Urban League dinner, and Dr. Middlebrook, I thought, kind of had carried a heavy load his whole life. I…

I urge my colleagues to support the naming of a post office after Corporal Matthew A. Wyatt. My mama lost her oldest brother in the Second World War, and to the day she died, she talked about him. I could identify with what Marine Bost was…

Today I filed a bill to require the Ethics Committee to release the ethics report on former Representative Matt Gaetz, and I will give notice shortly. I don't do this to give the salacious parts of the report to the public for any…

I recognize the incredible work being done by Samaritan's Purse run by Franklin Graham and Mountain Ways run by my friend Joe Baker in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. When the storm left countless families without…

yesterday marked a somber milestone: 1,000 days since Russia invaded Ukraine. Over a million lives have been lost or wounded--a staggering human toll. Yet, instead of seeking a path to peace, the Biden administration is choosing…

after 4 years of Biden-Harris failures, our country is set to make an incredible comeback with Republican control of Congress and the White House starting next year. At the top of our agenda will be securing the southern border. Until…