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Mr. Speaker, today, as the final official act of the 117th Congress, the House will pass a strong, bipartisan omnibus government funding bill. As a courtesy to my colleagues--who are eager to get home for the holidays--I will be brief. But…
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and for his extraordinary leadership as the chairman of the Rules Committee for so many years. I thank the chairman and the members of his committee for expeditiously bringing us to the…
Mr. Speaker, it is cold outside. It is about 24 degrees outside of the Chamber right now, and as a kid from southern California, that is especially cold. But that is not as cold as what is happening inside this Chamber. Right now, as we…
Mr. Speaker, I strongly support the bill before us today which will keep our government operating and make transformative investments to tackle some of the Sacramento region's most pressing challenges. Despite the progress we've made with…
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2023. As Chair of the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, I thank Chair DeLauro, my fellow Cardinals and the Speaker for their…
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on S. 4949. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise today in support of S. 4949, the National Cemeteries Preservation and Protection Act introduced by my Senate counterpart, Chairman Tester. One of the features or bugs of the…
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 4949) to amend title 38, United States Code, to address green burial sections in national cemeteries, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of…
Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers. Again, I ask my colleagues to join me in passing S. 4949, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from California…
Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 9640, the Presidential Tax Filings and Audit Transparency Act of 2022. This week, I was shocked to find that the IRS did not comply with its own mandate to conduct annual audits of the…
Mr. President, colleagues, this bipartisan agreement, which I have had the pleasure of working together with Senator Cornyn on for more than a year now and which has already passed the Senate by unanimous consent twice before, would give…
Madam Speaker, let me start off by expressing my gratitude for Chairman Neal, for his seriousness, his sincerity, and his solemnity in his leadership in the Ways and Means Committee and in the way he conducted this request and release of…
Madam Speaker, I rise in support of S. 4439 the Katimiin and Ameekyaaraam Sacred Lands Act. I was proud to partner with Sen. Padilla and introduce the House companion, H.R. 6032. This bill will place 1,031 acres federal lands located in…
Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7939) to make permanent certain educational assistance benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the case of…
Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous material on H.R. 7939, as amended. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 7939, as amended, the Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022. This comprehensive package from Chairman Levin of the…
Madam Speaker, I want to give my gratitude to the gentleman from Montana for not calling for a roll call vote on the bill to honor Colonel Rasmuson. I think the heart of the Freedom Caucus has grown three times, just like the heart of…
Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 5016) to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in Anchorage, Alaska, as the ``Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA…