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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· May 11, 2022

It has been amazing to me, watching this Administration blaming Vladimir Putin for the energy price crisis that is impacting every American family.

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· May 11, 2022

This Administration is solely responsible for the prices and the energy crisis that we are experiencing today, solely responsible.

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· May 11, 2022

I have never seen more inexperience and just doubling down on stupid strategies on energy in my entire life.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· May 10, 2022

Madam Speaker, I was attending a funeral for a Thin Blue Line Brother and was unable to make it back to Washington in time to vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 142, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 143, and…

Congressional Record · 2022-05-10
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· May 10, 2022

Madam Speaker, I rise today to oppose the previous question so that we can immediately consider H.R. 7690 to defund the Biden administration's recently announced Disinformation Governance Board. Madam Speaker, the Biden administration's…

Congressional Record · 2022-05-10
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· May 10, 2022

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, and Mr. Higgins of New York be removed as cosponsors of H.R. 7648. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Torres of New York). Is there objection to the request…

Congressional Record · 2022-05-10
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· May 10, 2022

Madam Speaker, if the Biden administration was itself a beacon of truth, this board would still be unconstitutional. I would tell my colleagues, if this was being proposed by a Republican administration, we would be fighting it just as…

Congressional Record · 2022-05-10
Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· May 4, 2022

Mr. President, I call up my motion to instruct conferees, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A Senator from Louisiana [Mr. Cassidy] moves…

Congressional Record · 2022-05-04
Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· May 4, 2022

Mr. President, the importance of trade agreements is that everyone follows the rules they agreed to. Mexico is not following the USMCA. They have forced the closures or partial closures of dozens of fuel facilities and have canceled…

Congressional Record · 2022-05-04
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 28, 2022

So I would ask Mr. Dodaro, as you are talking about concerns about political interference, when we have that well-documented example of guidance from scientists getting ready to come out on opening up schools and then a union that wants to…

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 28, 2022

As we talked about earlier, we did have a hearing in this committee regarding, among other things, interference that was well documented by the Biden administration where the CDC was getting ready to come out with guidance for reopening…

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Apr 28, 2022

Madam President, every Senator, when she or he goes home, speaks to families feeling the crushing burden of inflation, in large part driven by fuel prices--it is certainly true when I go home to Louisiana--and they hope for a better job…

Congressional Record · 2022-04-28
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 28, 2022

It was unprecedented to give that kind of access weeks in advance of a report coming out to then make line-by-line edits.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 28, 2022

I hope that Democrats on this subcommittee will stop trying to sweep these Biden administration interferences that have been documented under the rug and finally start demanding transparency and accountability and have hearings on that.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 28, 2022

I specifically asked Dr. Walensky for names of other organizations... and to this day... I have not gotten a single example back.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 27, 2022

Yes, that's -- I mean, it's potentially illegal what he's doing.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Apr 27, 2022

The safety and security of the American people are being directly threatened, and innocent children, sir, are being abducted, assaulted, raped, and murdered by human traffickers.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Apr 27, 2022

Mr. Secretary, this is outrageous. At your oath-of-office ceremony on February 2, 2021, you said, quote, "The mission of the Department of Homeland Security is to safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values."

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