I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. 40th Anniversary of the Grenada Invasion

I thank the chairman and the ranking member for their work on this bipartisan, strong resolution. Iran and Russia are locked in a poisonous partnership committed to terror--terror in Ukraine, terror in Syria. Iran, as the world's largest…

During COVID, did you all have the ability to cut through some of that stuff?

Accountability and transparency at the VA are imperative in ensuring quality care within the organization.

I recently joined Senator Peters in introducing the VA Peer Review Neutrality Act.

Nobody cares if they are Democrats or Republicans, and this Committee is a very, very bipartisan group.

From the first days of our Revolution, America's security has depended on the clarity of this message: Don't tread on us.

Accountability and transparency at the VA are imperative in ensuring quality care within the organization.

During COVID, did you all have the ability to cut through some of that stuff?

I recently joined Senator Peters in introducing the VA Peer Review Neutrality Act.

Pro tempore, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 6 o'clock and 43 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Wednesday, October 25, 2023, at noon…

Pro tempore, I ask unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, October 24, 2023. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Arkansas? There was no…

Pro tempore, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 5 o'clock and 3 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at 11 a.m. ____________________

we just have to have some ability to be able to constrain Congress from moving past the moment to some future milestone and give it the force of law today

the American public just--we are afraid to tell the American public the inconvenient truth because if you tell them what the problem is, they are going to want to know what the solution is

The strength of a commission is to bridge partisan divides.

the challenge with Congress is that we create commissions and we create task forces and we look at problem sets, and we develop potential solutions, and then there is no real mechanism to give them the force of law

when you are this deep in the hole, you better consider every available option on the table or else you are never going to fix the problem.