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I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be discharged from further consideration, and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 458. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant…
before I give my remarks, I would like to say that I hope the rumors are true that we are getting close to a deal here. The country needs us to reach a bipartisan deal, as we did in March, unanimously, when we passed the CARES Act here. It…
I am happy to fill in for the ranking member of the full committee, Representative Bishop. He was here briefly earlier, but he is definitely under the weather. Mr. Speaker, on this bill, I simply yield back the balance of my time.
I want to thank Chairman Huffman for his leadership. I am proud to speak in support of two of my bills being considered today, H.R. 5458 and H.R. 5459. As you have heard, these bipartisan bills would extend Rocky Mountain National Park and…
I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, those of us who believe in the Bible are sometimes accused of having blind faith. But nothing could be further from the truth. There are many proofs on why we know that the Bible is actually true. One of…
Before I begin, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the topic of this Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…
It is a great honor for me to come to the House floor tonight to commemorate National Bible Week. This year's Special Order marks the 79th annual celebration of a week in which we celebrate the tremendous influence of the Bible on the…
I rise for a couple of purposes today. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the career of Rob Strain, a friend and constituent who is retiring as president of Ball Aerospace, headquartered in Colorado. Rob first joined Ball Aerospace in…
Quickly I am going to give a quote from one of our Presidents, our Founding Father, and then John Quincy Adams, the sixth President. George Washington said: It is impossible to rightly govern a Nation without God and the Bible. So he began…
I thank the gentleman, and I also thank him for his service to our country. We have many veterans who are serving in Congress, and Representative Bacon is one of the finest. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr…
I thank the gentleman; he made some reference to here in the Capitol, some of the insignia that shows the recognition of God. Above the Speaker, it says, ``In God We Trust.'' That is chiseled in the stone there. Behind me, among all these…
I thank the gentleman for his great words. In conclusion, it has been an honor to commemorate National Bible Week this evening. I am grateful to my colleagues who joined me. The Bible claims to be more than a mere book. It claims to be the…
The second purpose I rise today is to respond to one of my friends who is questioning the validity of the election. He couldn't be more wrong. The gentleman from Alabama and I work on legislation together. We cosponsored a bill that was…
I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, that reminds me of a story here from the Halls of Congress in the beginning of our country's history. Many of the early American settlers who came to the New World with the express purpose of living out…
I thank the gentleman from Texas, and I yield to another gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin).
I thank the gentleman for his comments. I would like to recall an incident from my own background. When I was a freshman in college years ago, some people talked to me, and they said: Do you know what the Bible is about? I said: Yeah, I…
I thank the gentleman for his great remarks. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bacon).
