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Mr. President, today I honor a superb leader, liaison, and soldier. After a year of service with the Army Office of the Chief, legislative liaison, as the chief, Army Senate Liaison Division, COL Scott Wilkinson was selected to serve as…
Madam President, well, I think, from the President's comments at the Correspondents' Dinner the other night, it may have taken a year, but, finally, the President and the White House are starting to realize that they have lost the American…
I thank the chairman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise to support this important legislation that Congressman Wilson and I have cosponsored. We have had bipartisan support on this legislation as well. It is important that we support…
It is frustrating to hear the political games being played, when a piece of legislation isn't really about what it is intended to be about or what the title says that it is. My colleague, whom I have respect for, and have watched him argue…
Might I say that is a wonderful outfit you are wearing today. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Powell Panthers football team for winning its first-ever Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association State championship in…
Folks on the left have accused us good Republicans of complaining about inflation. They say we have no plan for lowering the cost of food, clothes, or gasoline. Of course, the Democrats have controlled Congress for the last 15 months, Mr…
Mr. President, from the second that they wake up in the morning to the moment they put their heads on the pillow at night, the American people are burning through cash. And, as I have spent the last 2 weeks talking with Tennesseans…
Mr. President, if the nanny state had a mascot, it would be the Federal Trade Commission. In fact, back in the 1970s, the FTC earned the nickname the ``National Nanny''--this, after it went on a rulemaking binge, one that triggered an…
Mr. President, Orrin G. Hatch will be remembered for many things. His 42 years of service in this body are marked by successes; historic and prolific legislation; and, of course, statesmanship. He served longer as a U.S. Senator than any…
I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the Chattanooga Bar Association on reaching the milestone of its 125th anniversary. Since 1897, the Chattanooga Bar Association has made it its mission…
Madam President, I want to thank my colleague from Hawaii for his remarks, but I want to explain what just happened here. My colleague objects, despite the fact that recordbreaking numbers of Americans are currently dying from overdoses…
Madam President, I am here today to discuss what I saw this past weekend when I took a trip to our southern border in Texas. I led a delegation of eight sheriffs and mayors from my home State of Tennessee. We went to see what is happening…
I thank the gentleman for yielding to the great State of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, a recent CNBC survey illustrates how Americans are feeling about inflation. Fifty-two percent of adults reported they are under more financial stress today…
Mr. President, I have come to the floor today to go into a little bit more detail about why I will not be voting for and in favor of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation to the Supreme Court. Now, as we have all heard and as we…
Madam President, today, I rise to share my concerns with the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Let me begin my remarks by noting that I have enjoyed getting to know Judge…
I was in a Helsinki Commission hearing. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 117. Stated against:
54 years ago tonight one of the great tragedies in our Nation's history occurred in my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. In Memphis, there is great love for Dr. King and his dream. He had given…
Madam President, last week, the Biden administration announced their truly incomprehensible decision to suspend the use of title 42 authority along the southern border. Now, this is just the last in a long line of decisions that this White…