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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Mar 1, 2022

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for yielding. I just heard my friends on the other side say, let's follow the money. Let's follow the money. Mr. Speaker, right now under this administration, we have gone from buying…

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Mar 1, 2022

I appreciate your comments. I just suggest that this subcommittee has been, perhaps, not as engaged as we could be.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Mar 1, 2022

Criminals and drug cartels are benefiting the most from the Biden administration's border failures.

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Troy Carter
@troycarter· Democratic · LA· Mar 1, 2022

Down in New Orleans where the blues were born, it takes a cool cat to blow a horn. Down in LaSalle and Rampart Street, it is Mardi Gras combo with a mambo beat. Today is Mardi Gras, and as a New Orleanian, this is a special time for our…

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

This should be a wake-up call to President Biden's administration to end this madness and restore common-sense law enforcement at our border.

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Troy Carter
@troycarter· Democratic · LA· Feb 28, 2022

Madam Speaker, this bill would, incredibly and tragically, for the first time make lynching a Federal hate crime in America. Despite more than 200 attempts to pass antilynching legislation through Congress over the past 120 years, lynching…

Congressional Record · 2022-02-28
Troy Carter
@troycarter· Democratic · LA· Feb 28, 2022

Mr. Speaker, my great home State of Louisiana is where the tignon laws originated. These laws mandated that Black women of Louisiana cover their beautiful hair, making it illegal to expose our hair. Imagine that. All Americans should have…

Congressional Record · 2022-02-28
Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Feb 28, 2022

We continue to hear the pain of our small businesses that we know are the backbone of our economy.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Feb 28, 2022

Congress should be a lot more careful with how taxpayer money is being committed.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Feb 28, 2022

the overall message that I hear from the citizens that I serve and the communities that I represent is quite negative regarding FEMA and their interactions with FEMA.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Feb 28, 2022

I am concerned that there is too much focus on issues like climate resilience while other needed areas of reform go unaddressed.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Feb 28, 2022

Every working family could receive $70,000 in cash tax free. You think maybe that would have helped American working families?

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Feb 28, 2022

I am going to ask our Chairlady to allow entry into the official record a letter from the Port of Lake Charles referencing those pending and languishing applications.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Feb 28, 2022

The economic prosperity of the entire State and, indeed, the Nation is impacted based upon our performance here together.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Feb 28, 2022

I have had some very positive interactions with FEMA, so let me mention a compliment because it can work when we work together.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Feb 28, 2022

We don't have the money. We are mortgaging our children, our grandchildrens', our great grandchildrens', future.

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