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I rise today in support of America's great ally, Israel. Israel is more than an ally; she represents hope in the Middle East, hope for the world. I actually visited Israel 2 weeks after October 7, after that attack, visited with a…
This amendment would be a step toward returning power back to Congress, where it belongs. Instead of complying with the agenda of radical environmentalists, Congress should reject their efforts to ignore science. I remind my colleagues…
The Environmental Protection Agency recently finalized a $2 billion regulation on the lime industry that the EPA's own staff have found is completely unnecessary to protect public health and welfare. Lime plants not only supply products…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…
I think it is interesting that my colleague believes the EPA is now a law enforcement agency and wants them fully funded, particularly in light of the fact that so many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle were for defunding the…
Each year the Environmental Protection Agency spends as much as $50 million a year to employ nearly 200 armed agents at an average cost of $216,000 per year per agent. The American people would likely be surprised to hear that. According…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…
Some of them are pretty good about implementing, but some of them are absolutely terrible about it.
I think we are far better off if we are in a preventive mode than we are in trying to recover what has gone out.
PACE is designed to look backward to chase money that has already been paid.
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. Sewell of Alabama moves to recommit the bill H.R. 8281 to the Committee on House Administration…
As a daughter of Selma and a Representative of Alabama's Civil Rights District, the fight for voting rights is very personal to me. It was in Selma where hundreds of Foot Soldiers like John Lewis shed blood on a bridge for the equal right…
In an Oversight Committee hearing, I asked the former directors of the Census if they supported Federal laws that prohibit noncitizens from running for office, making financial contributions to candidates, and voting. All three said they…
Safe and secure elections are fundamental to our Republic. Unfortunately, poll after poll is showing that Americans have lost trust in our election process. It is time for us to act and restore faith in that process. One way to accomplish…
Access to affordable electric, water, and wastewater infrastructure is essential for survival in any place in the country now.
I appreciate the bill that you have filed and understand what you are looking to accomplish, and I do think it is very important.
If you grow corn you do not pay tax on it until you sell it, but Bitcoin, if you mine it, even before you sell it you have to pay taxes on it.