I think that the cartels ought to be classified as non-state adversaries.

We talked earlier about people--you can have all the money you want, but if you do not have the people working for you it is not going to work.

reserving the right to object. Last night, I spoke on the phone with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. I also spoke with him last Thursday. Both conversations were very cordial. We had good conversations, respectful; but they were very…

We cannot do without water. It is so important that we probably should be spending more time on this than not.

We cannot do without water. It is so important that we probably should be spending more time on this than not.

Our military is the best in the world, and it will stay that way as long as we have the best players on the field.

I want to welcome the whistleblowers and thank you for your courage, but more than that, for your fidelity to your duty to faithfully enforce the laws of the United States.

We cannot do without water. It is so important that we probably should be spending more time on this than not.

Keep it simple, stupid, right? That is what we need.

I wish to recognize and congratulate Jody Singer on her retirement as the Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center and to express my gratitude for her countless contributions to our Nation and to the State of Alabama. Singer, a native…

To assume our students cannot handle this information is truly an insult to their intelligence and ours.

I will be looking for ways to modernize the regulatory environment at USDA so that water systems are able to safely serve all Americans while complying with regulations based on science, not politics or activism.

The problem we are having, obviously, in the rural areas too is educating, getting enough people educated to do the work in the rural areas.

Diversity is truly America's strength. It is something that we should take seriously and not politicize or weaponize.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 219, nays 210, not voting 5, as follows: [Roll No. 328]…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5- minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on: Passage of the bill, if…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, although I am not opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Alabama? There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is…

We have no further speakers if the gentleman would like to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.