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We should have never released Viktor Bout. It was a dangerous concession of Vladimir Putin, and it will set a dangerous precedent going forward.

It was a dangerous concession of Vladimir Putin and it will set a dangerous precedent going forward.

part of China's strategy to defeat the United States includes unfairly helping corporations buy out American companies. We can prevent these propped-up companies from gobbling up American businesses, but we don't always know which…

Captured the mood of a nation eager for better days.

I appreciate the ongoing and tireless work of Miss Gonzalez-Colon here in Congress on behalf of the residents of Puerto Rico.

I believe that attaining financial stability, repairing infrastructure, and ensuring access to affordable and reliable energy for the residents of Puerto Rico will set the island on a solid and prosperous path forward.

a Representative in Congress from the State of Arkansas.

We want to avoid conflict with China most certainly in the military sense.

I hope he's very clear about Taiwan, that we will continue to arm Taiwan so it can defend itself.

We need to focus on serious substantive accomplishments and issues like crime, like our wide-open border, like addressing runaway inflation.

We have to do so in a smart way, but we have to be aggressive and quick about it.

Well, Margaret, I wouldn't say it was a complete disappointment.

I hope the president is very clear in drawing red lines, for instance, saying that the recent rule against China using American semiconductor technology is only the first step.

Well, Margaret, when the party -- when any party is out of power, as Republicans are now, we don't have a single leader.

I think we know who is soft on crime. It sounds like I hit a nerve. I didn't stand up here saying I am not soft on crime five or six times in a row. It is the Senator from Illinois who said that, just like Senate Democrats have been saying…

the United States is in the midst of the deadliest drug epidemic in our Nation's history, caused by the most lethal drugs ever created. More than 108,000 Americans died last year from drugs--more than 108,000--which is almost double the…

what we heard is a lot of the same excuses that the Democrats have made for years about being soft on crime and their claims about mass incarceration or systemic racism or what have you. I would point out that almost no one--almost no…

I thank my friend, Mr. Hice, and the chairwoman for this time. Mr. Speaker, I do indeed rise today in support of H.R. 6080, the bill to designate the U.S. Post Office at 5420 Kavanaugh Boulevard in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the Ronald A…