Each and every one of you sitting before me and the ranking member right now are defining patriotism in the sense of your willingness to sacrifice in the name of service to country.

I am honored to be here today next to Senator Rounds, a ranking member who gives me great confidence and hope for our Senate to be able to actually function.

I cannot tell you how excited I am. We have an extraordinary group of people who have dedicated their lives to public service.

And when people cannot find a place to call home and they are displaced then society bears the burden.

However, with the CARES Act eviction moratorium and the emergency rental assistance funding provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act and the American Rescue Plan we were able to keep millions of people from being evicted.

That is why I led the charge on my Livable Communities Act, which creates a Federal grant program to incentivize the development of new affordable housing near existing mass transit.

In my home State of New Jersey, a medium-income renter is barely able to pay for a one-bedroom home.

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding time, and I rise in strong support of H.R. 5118, the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act. Climate change and extreme weather are already wreaking havoc on American families and…

I thank the gentlewoman from Texas, the chairwoman, for all of her work on this bill. I rise in support of H.R. 4346, the CHIPS and Science Act, that will lower costs for consumers, create good-paying American jobs, and end our dangerous…

I believe this one to be just at the top in terms of the most powerful ones that I have been a part of.

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

I have an amendment at the desk that was made in order by the rule. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from New Jersey rise as the designee for the gentlewoman from New Jersey?

I would do the same. This is a significant bill. I urge everyone to support it on a bipartisan basis, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from New Jersey…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Nebraska is recognized and controls the time.

I have no additional speakers at this time. We may have one more, but not at this time. I reserve the balance of my time.