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I am going to vote ``yes'' enthusiastically. This is a big bill, but the American people are bigger. They will respond to the present threat as Americans have always faced grave challenges: as free men and women with deep reservoirs of…

Simply put, when a President calls 911, the phone rings at Fort Bragg, as they are the tip of the spear.

I thank Mrs. Miller for being here tonight. I appreciate her support on this. Madam Speaker, I thank all of my colleagues who have made it tonight to speak on the dangers that sanctuary cities pose to the communities around us. It strikes…

I thank Mr. LaMalfa, and I appreciate his thoughts. Madam Speaker, at this time, I yield to someone who is focused on securing our border, making sure as well that West Virginia remains a great place to live, work, and raise a family…

I thank Mr. Byrne for his friendship and leadership on this. Madam Speaker, at this point, I would like to yield to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Bishop). I want to thank him for his leadership on the Immigration Detainer…

I thank Mr. Norman. Madam Speaker, at this point, I would yield to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Byrne), a friend and colleague who led the effort with me to introduce the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act. Like all of us here…

You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.

I have deep concerns about just the responsiveness of the board.

Don't use the crisis as an opportunity to achieve other policy objectives that aren't generated or exacerbated by the crisis.

If there are any needs in the Department of Homeland Security that are augmented, increased by virtue of the coronavirus threat, then we ought to fund them.

If you consider that 2 of our essential programs, Medicare and Social Security, are anticipated to run over the next 30 years at $103 trillion deficit, that is something in excess of $800,000 for every household in America.

So a trillion dollars is $8,000 for every household in America, meaning that if we have got a $23.4 trillion debt right now, that is $187,200 for every household in America.

I guess I would begin by suggesting that our problems with our budget deficit and debt are by no means limited to issues of preferring the interests of corporations over individuals.

In response to the Vice Chairman's questions early on about how many persons you expect to be infected and so forth, you said it depends on the intensity of the--of our public health response.

Didn't the President use 212(f) authority here in order to have an early intervention to stop Chinese folks--nationals--from coming in, in a way that has helped the response to the----

We are deeply concerned about the potential impact of the coronavirus epidemic, and we are continuing to explore different options for providing workers access to paid sick leave on an emergency basis.

Today, we will discuss H.R. 1784, the Healthy Families Act, a proposal to establish paid sick leave as an essential workplace protection for our nation's workers.

You will be held accountable by your regulator. You will be held accountable by your board. You will be held accountable by your shareholders, and you are certainly going to be held accountable by those who make the law here on Capitol…