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Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this select committee. As an Asian American who represents the only Asian majority district in the continental United States, I would never support a committee that I thought would engage in xenophobia or…

Mr. Speaker, as chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, or CAPAC, I rise to address the creation of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. CAPAC…

about 34,000 people are under evacuation orders.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this bill. It is telling that the very first bill that the new Republican majority brought to the floor aims to protect wealthy tax cheats from following the law. For a decade, Republicans…

more than 111,000 have lost power in the state.

Storms that have now taken at least 17 lives.

Mr. Speaker, Americans across the country sent a resounding message at the ballot box. They support the right to access abortion and for people to have the basic freedom to make decisions about their own bodies with medical professionals…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 23 because our government needs the resources to go after wealthy tax cheats who defraud the government. Because people don't pay their taxes, the Federal Government is cheated out of at least $400…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 23, which would gut the enforcement of our tax laws. As part of the Inflation Reduction Act, Democrats fought hard last year to help the IRS crack down on wealthy tax cheats like Donald…

Mr. Speaker, after 4 days and 15 rounds of votes, the new Republican majority has finally chosen a Speaker. Their first order of business is to trample on the hopes of the people that elected them. The rules package that we see before us…

Mr. Speaker, in 2017, Republicans handed out tax breaks for the largest corporations and the ultrawealthy, including Donald Trump, who paid zero Federal income tax in 2020 and left the Presidency without a single audit. What we were trying…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act, and I am proud to co-lead this important legislation with the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Smith), my friend. As millions of American families…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this misguided, expensive, and unpaid for legislation. For years, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have done everything they can to demonize the IRS. But here is the reality: When the IRS…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the rules package which was written behind closed doors. What we are voting on this evening is nothing short of a complete…

Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 24. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to…

There's a difference, between Donald Trump, and Joe Biden. Donald Trump was only in political office, for one term. Joe Biden was in for 40 years.

Oh, really? It took this long to find these documents.

Obviously if there are classified documents anywhere they shouldn't be that's a problem and a deep concern.