Today, I rise to show my support for our men and women in law enforcement. Unfortunately, there is a growing movement across this country that is trying to defund police departments and disparage the character of all of our police…

Today, I rise in honor of National Police Week, a week where we honor the men and women who risk their lives every day to protect and serve our neighborhoods. I want to take this opportunity to highlight some of the great work from law…

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 131.

I appreciate my good friend from Texas allowing me to share with this body the program that I have for today. Madam Speaker, I rise today to call attention to the overwhelming challenges plaguing a community in my district. It is located…

Mr. President, I want to talk also about infrastructure and associate myself with the interest that the country has in infrastructure. In fact, one of the things that the government has done the longest has been roads and bridges and…

I thank my colleague from Louisiana for yielding. I appreciate the opportunity to be here. Madam Speaker, this evening I really rise to voice my concerns over the President's $2 trillion infrastructure plan. One concern is the steep price…

Today I rise for the concerns over the President's $2 trillion infrastructure plan. One concern is the steep price tag, but my bigger concern is what the administration is trying to classify as infrastructure. We are to the point of…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 965, the Young African Leaders Initiative Act, led by Representative Bass and Representative Smith. YALI provides fellowship opportunities at U.S…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I want to thank Chairman Meeks and Representative Connolly for working on this compromise text for the Protection of Saudi Dissidents Act that strikes an important balance. The bill…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr…

We have one more gentleman coming, but there is a long path between his office and here. Apparently he is not here on time, so I am prepared to close. Madam Speaker, as our economy continues to recover and as our small businesses rebuild…

And I rise in support of H.R. 1502, the Microloan Improvement Act of 2021. Before I begin, I would like to thank the chairwoman for working in a bipartisan manner on behalf of our Nation's small businesses. The bills before us today were…

Today I rise to implore my colleagues to join me in the fight to protect the most vulnerable in our society, infants who survive abortions. Again and again, more than 75 times, Democrats have refused to even allow a vote on my legislation…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 384, nays 38, not voting 6, as…

I will just say that Republicans don't cut Medicare. In fact, the Biden bailout bill that was passed cut $36 billion a year in Medicare. Yet, the Senate Democrats have not done anything in regard to those Medicare cuts to seniors in the…

Mr. President, had there been a recorded vote, I would have voted no on the confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 30, Adewale O. Adeyemo, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. ____________________

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 202, nays 216, not voting 11, as…

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: Mr. Smith of Missouri moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 1868 to the Committee on the Budget. The…