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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 28, 2021

This is quite clearly one of the biggest military and foreign policy blunders since our withdrawal from Vietnam.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 28, 2021

But what we are left with, in the 9 seconds I have left, is that we are supposed to believe that the President was either not informed by you of these very important factors or he forgot it. Either one is alarming.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 28, 2021

The public's faith in our institutions continues to erode precisely because everyone in the DC bubble appears to have some sort of immunity.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 28, 2021

I appreciate that you think that that was a big success, evacuation. But the blame for the disastrous withdrawal that everyone agrees was a disaster, who is to blame for that?

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 28, 2021

It's important that we hear from local and state public health officials about their experiences.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 28, 2021

Former Governor Cuomo's 'must admit' order... led to thousands of unnecessary deaths.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 28, 2021

I commend President Biden's historic efforts to revitalize our public health system.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 28, 2021

That's why it's so hard to understand why the majority has not used the authority provided to the subcommittee.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 27, 2021

Madam President, I rise supporting my colleague's proposal. This proposal provides disaster supplemental assistance relief for Southwest and Southeast Louisiana; it extends the National Flood Insurance Program; it funds the government; and…

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 27, 2021

Madam Speaker, I thank my friend from Pennsylvania, Dr. Joyce, for yielding and for leading this effort to defend American energy. Madam Speaker, you might wonder: Why are we on the House floor defending American energy? Who could…

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Sep 27, 2021

Mr. Speaker, I think everybody in this body wants an infrastructure bill. We all want to see better roads and bridges. We want to see more sustainable, resilient communities. Mr. Speaker, this bill, about half of it actually is money for…

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Troy Carter
@troycarter· Democratic · LA· Sep 24, 2021

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and remember and mourn the life of a dear friend and sister, Ericka Edwards Jones of Algiers, Louisiana. She lived a life of service and activism throughout her 48 years of life, as a longtime…

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Julia Letlow
@julialetlow· Republican · LA· Sep 24, 2021

Madam Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Letlow moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3755 to the Committee on Energy and…

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Julia Letlow
@julialetlow· Republican · LA· Sep 24, 2021

Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 210, nays 219, not…

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Julia Letlow
@julialetlow· Republican · LA· Sep 24, 2021

Madam Speaker, I rise to offer an amendment to this bill. However, before I talk about the amendment, I think it is important for the House to note that the legislation before us is perhaps the most extreme abortion measure that Congress…

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 24, 2021

Mr. Speaker, I rise to inquire of the majority leader the schedule for next week. Mr. Speaker, I yield formally to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), my friend, the majority leader.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 24, 2021

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that, and I look forward to having those conversations with the gentleman from Maryland on that and all the other issues that will come before us next week. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time…

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 24, 2021

Again, this will continue as we see whatever comes out of the Budget Committee that will be trillions. We know it is trillions. We just don't know how many, maybe 4, maybe 5 trillion in new debt that the date that was put in the…

Congressional Record · 2021-09-24