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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Mar 2, 2022

Thank you, Mr. Wilson, for all you do, and your expertise in foreign affairs is a great blessing to all of us. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Rose).

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Mar 2, 2022

Madam Speaker, that was so well said. We are going to stay in the State of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Burchett), who is from that same area.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Mar 2, 2022

Thank you, my friend. Well said. Madam Speaker, I am happy to yield next to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson), the Republican leader of our House Agriculture Committee.

Congressional Record · 2022-03-02
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Mar 2, 2022

Mr. Good said it so well, and that passion is felt all around this country. I hear it from my constituents. I know Mr. Good does as well. All of us do. People couldn't even tune in last night. Our constituents are writing to us saying they…

Congressional Record · 2022-03-02
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Mar 2, 2022

Very well said, my friend. Thank you for being here. Madam Speaker, I yield to another colleague now, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman).

Congressional Record · 2022-03-02
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Mar 2, 2022

Madam Speaker, I thank Mr. Grothman. That was well said. There is lot. We know you can go all night because there was a lot to complain about. Madam Speaker, tonight you have heard the response of so many of my Republican colleagues to the…

Congressional Record · 2022-03-02
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Mar 1, 2022

The American Academy of Pediatrics declared a national state of emergency in children's mental health.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Mar 1, 2022

Student learning loss due to remote or hybrid learning is astronomical.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Mar 1, 2022

The more we talk about the threat of COVID and onerously restrict people's lives because of it, the more we turn them against us and show them we're out of touch with their daily realities.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Mar 1, 2022

And if Democrats continue to hold a posture that prioritizes COVID precautions over learning, how to live in a world where COVID exists but does not dominate, they risk paying dearly for it in November.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Mar 1, 2022

Remote learning hurt children, both academically and emotionally.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Mar 1, 2022

Despite Joe Biden as a candidate saying we are going to follow the science, he has manipulated the science in the past about union bosses.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Mar 1, 2022

Suicides through the roof. Again, looking at the data, suicide attempts by 12-to 17-year-old girls are at 51 percent from early 2019 to 2021.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Mar 1, 2022

We know from other studies that kids who don't learn proficiently, especially in reading and some of the basic skills, if they don't read, for example, by the third grade, that they are more likely to leave school without a diploma than…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Mar 1, 2022

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Republican Conference, I send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 955 Resolved, That the following named Member…

Congressional Record · 2022-03-01
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Mar 1, 2022

Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Pennsylvania for yielding. First of all, opposing the previous question, the bill that is going to be coming up later is a very partisan bill. We could actually bring up the Senate bill for our veterans…

Congressional Record · 2022-03-01
Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Mar 1, 2022

We cannot let politics get in the way of sound governing or ignoring Constitutional obligation to secure our sovereign border.

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