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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Nov 5, 2021

Madam Speaker, they are going to be combing through your bank account. Why? Because they have to generate hundreds of billions of dollars to spend on more inflation-inducing spending. That is right, according to the Penn Wharton Budget…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-05
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Nov 5, 2021

Madam Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the rule, but specifically against this massive, multitrillion dollar tax-and- spend bill. Of course, we just got the text last night, over 2,300 pages. As we have been combing through it, I…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-05
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Nov 4, 2021

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. As we anticipate possible votes tonight, possible votes tomorrow, the two major pieces of legislation that are still out there, and specifically the bill that went before the Rules Committee…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-04
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Nov 4, 2021

Mr. Speaker, I yield back to the majority leader to inquire as to the calendar for the remainder of this week--the bills that we just finished voting on, go through the rest of the bills that were on the schedule. Since there is no…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-04
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Nov 4, 2021

The JCT is obviously important, and I appreciate that the gentleman said there would be a JCT score, but on the CBO score, there have been some significant changes made in the Rules Committee since those CBO conversations. Would that be…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-04
James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Nov 4, 2021

What`s wrong was just stupid wokeness, all right. Don`t just look at Virginia, New Jersey. Look at Long Island, look at Buffalo, look at Minneapolis, even look at Seattle, Washington. I mean, just defund the police, Luna status (ph) take…

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Troy Carter
@troycarter· Democratic · LA· Nov 4, 2021

Madam Speaker, we were meeting with victims of violent crimes. They flew to D.C. to meet with members of Congress. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 362 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 363.

Congressional Record · 2021-11-04
Troy Carter
@troycarter· Democratic · LA· Nov 4, 2021

Mr. Speaker, let me paint a picture. It is the east side of New Orleans in 1959. A Black man at a swimming pool jumps off the high dive, arched in the sky. Fellow swimmers and passersby watch him from the shade of a palm tree. A Ferris…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-04
Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Nov 3, 2021

Madam Speaker, I want to thank Mr. Graves for yielding to Mr. Graves. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of this legislation, and I want to thank our sponsor on this legislation, Congresswoman Sharice Davids, for working with us on…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-03
Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Nov 2, 2021

Our adversaries should have a clear understanding that the United States can and will execute effective and timely consequences if they attack our National critical cyber infrastructure.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Nov 2, 2021

Everyday importance of our cybersecurity systems grows as a matter of National security.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Nov 2, 2021

Deterrence and response, in my opinion, are critical aspects to our mission to address the cyber threats that we are currently experiencing and the threats of tomorrow.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Nov 2, 2021

That is what it means, and convicted sex offenders, and multiple DUI-convicted felons, and everybody else. They have included them all. There is no limit to it at all. Isn't that outrageous?

Congressional Record · 2021-11-02
Julia Letlow
@julialetlow· Republican · LA· Nov 2, 2021

It is imperative that we take immediate action to help alleviate the bottlenecks at the ports.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Nov 2, 2021

So I wish that that proposal had been on the table before we got out of that particular hearing because we certainly would have liked to have heard about that. But if you add that up, you are talking about perhaps $1 million per family…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-02
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Nov 2, 2021

Madam Speaker, I thank my friend, Ranking Member Luetkemeyer, and all of our Republican colleagues on the Small Business Committee for leading this very important discussion this evening. And this is very important. Madam Speaker, the…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-02
James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Oct 31, 2021

I'm very concerned. It's a very important race, I really want to win it bad. If we lose, I'll be profoundly disappointed.

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James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Oct 31, 2021

I think every Democratic donor ought to say, you know, you give $25.00, tell him, I'll give $50.00, but I'll give it after this has passed.

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