
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate my friend DuShun Scarbrough, director of the Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission, for being awarded the Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major Innovation Service Award. The MLK, Jr. Drum Major…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate my friend DuShun Scarbrough, director of the Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission, for being awarded the Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major Innovation Service Award. The MLK, Jr. Drum Major…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today during Holocaust Days of Remembrance to recognize a constituent from my district and a Holocaust survivor, Mr. Fred Hilsenrath, of Fairfield Bay, Arkansas. I was introduced to Fred by the outstanding mayor of…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the Speaker and I thank the chairman of the Judiciary Committee for bringing this measure to the floor today. I stand in support of H.J. Res. 2, a straightforward, long overdue effort to have a new tool to balance the…

If you are attacking FBI agents you are losing.

They feel that he is a liar and a leaker.

The president has a great deal of respect for the rule of law. But the president does not have a lot of respect for people whose sole job is to carry out the law and they leak classified information and they lie to the American public…

And I think the last thing I want to say is this.

Mr. President, last Friday marked the 70th anniversary of the 3rd Infantry Regiment's reactivation, and as one of its veterans, I didn't want to let the moment pass without notice. The 3rd Infantry Regiment, more commonly known as the Old…

I hope you will give full and fair consideration to funding the Mentally Ill Offender Act.

How do we hold offenders accountable for their actions without denying them a return as contributing members of society?

I believe that we must look at this as not only a matter of financial cost, but also as one of human cost.

How does it feel to lead an unconstitutional agency?

I support your nomination and will enthusiastically vote for you.

I appreciate the response that you had concerning that.

When folks are out there in the states, polling is saying and people are saying they care about health care and the economy.

We had really a tragedy in Arkansas. The Fayetteville VA Medical Center greatly impacted a number of families in a very, very negative way.

I think we're going to see a lot more of it with these laws, and we're going to have to come up with the equivalent of a breathalyzer.

infrastructure should not be a partisan issue.