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Julia Letlow
@julialetlow· Republican · LA· Apr 19, 2021

Bridging the gap on rural broadband connectivity is a top priority that Congress should address on a bipartisan basis.

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Julia Letlow
@julialetlow· Republican · LA· Apr 19, 2021

We must pave the way for our children to be able to choose any route of education they wish to pursue, whether trade schools, community colleges, or universities.

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Julia Letlow
@julialetlow· Republican · LA· Apr 19, 2021

In this day and age, having a reliable and affordable internet connection is crucial to success for businesses and schools, especially in rural America.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 16, 2021

I think we ought to obey America's laws on immigration across the board. If you look at the asylum laws, there is a process to seek asylum. In fact, every year, people are granted that asylum if they prove their case. That is where the law…

Congressional Record · 2021-04-16
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 16, 2021

Madam Speaker, I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for next week. I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 16, 2021

Madam Speaker, I know, just yesterday, one of the Members of the House Democrat leadership team, Chairman Nadler, introduced a bill to pack the Supreme Court. This is a proposal that we have seen in other countries. Unfortunately, it is in…

Congressional Record · 2021-04-16
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 16, 2021

Madam Speaker, I haven't read the Constitution of Venezuela, but I know in the Constitution of the United States, it actually gives the Senate the advise-and-consent role, the responsibility, as it relates to Supreme Court picks…

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 16, 2021

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding back. This is the bill. It is not even a page and a half, but the real change in law by the Member of House Democratic leadership Chairman Nadler, says, ``A Chief Justice of the United…

Congressional Record · 2021-04-16
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 16, 2021

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman. Finally, I want to bring up the crisis that our Nation is facing at our southern border. And this has been a crisis that has been brewing for months. It is not an overnight problem, but it is an…

Congressional Record · 2021-04-16
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 16, 2021

As we talk about asylum, let's be clear, America has laws on how someone can seek asylum. I haven't seen anybody suggest that those laws are just repealed, and you just take somebody's word that if they say they want to come to America to…

Congressional Record · 2021-04-16
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 16, 2021

Madam Speaker, these are children being thrown to the wolves, and it is not President Trump who is doing it. It could end, and I hope we can work together to solve this problem. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time…

Congressional Record · 2021-04-16
Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Apr 15, 2021

Madam Speaker, the back up at the useless security screening onto the House floor was backed up preventing me from making the vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 104.

Congressional Record · 2021-04-15
Julia Letlow
@julialetlow· Republican · LA· Apr 15, 2021

Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 110. Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress Allred (Wexton) Babin (Fallon) Cardenas (Gonzalez, Vicente) Cole (Lucas) Crenshaw (Fallon)…

Congressional Record · 2021-04-15
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 14, 2021

But the data now shows that the harshest lockdowns did not work. School closings did not work.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 14, 2021

We have seen so many young kids, millions today that still can't go back in the classroom, not because of medical science, because of political science that is destroying these kids' lives.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 14, 2021

I would not--I would push back on the suggestion that Americans only get their liberties back if a certain percentage of Members of Congress get vaccinated.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Apr 14, 2021

I hope that all of the school systems across America follow the medical science and stop this political science destruction of kids.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Apr 14, 2021

Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro. Something within has reminded him of his birthright of freedom, and something…

Congressional Record · 2021-04-14