As President Biden recently said: The genius of Israel and America's democracy is they are both built on strong institutions, on checks and balances, and on an independent judiciary. Israel's checks and balances, its independent judiciary…

Too often in our Country, workers don't have that right. I represent a state where workers over generations marched and mobilized and literally bled and died for the right to organize.

Do you believe that workers have should have the basic dignity at work not to be surveilled by their employers?

Guess what? Under current law, Federal law, Internal Revenue Service law, Starbucks is able to write off those costs as a run of the mill business expense.

On March 1 of this year, drug manufacturer Eli Lilly announced its plan to institute a $35 cap on out-of-pocket insulin costs. Two weeks later, Novo Nordisk announced plans to cut its insulin prices by up to 75 percent. Just 2 days after…

If you don't want to vote for this, I get it. You can tell your constituents at home that you stand for people that are unelected. Most folks at home have never even heard of the Delaware River Basin Commission. They don't even know about…

This amendment repeals section 115 of the Clean Air Act. This vital amendment protects the autonomy of the States over their own energy sectors by ensuring that unelected, unaccountable EPA bureaucrats cannot seize control over these vital…

For the past 2 years, President Biden has made it his top priority to wage war on American energy. On his first day in office, President Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline and sent a message for those who wished to produce energy here…

I wish to raise my voice against H.R. 1, this bill that has been given the moniker ``polluters over people.'' I think it is an appropriate moniker, and I will tell you why. It doesn't create energy independence any more than anything else…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 260 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 260 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

Finally, what it does is it throws up the white flag in our war against climate change. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs in this country, General Milley, has identified climate change as a threat to national security, and he is right. We…

Spare me the pearl-clutching about this amendment process. Let me remind my friends across the aisle that last Congress, their H.R. 1 was a closed rule. Zero amendments from either side were allowed. We have Democrat and Republican…

I reserve the balance of my time until my closing. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to include in the Record a letter from nearly 100 energy and environment…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), my good friend and the ranking member on the Rules Committee, pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume…

I admit I misspoke, it wasn't H.R. 1 in the 117th. It was--wait for it--H.R. 5, the Equality Act; H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act; and H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Three of the low-numbered bills that…

Last night, the Rules Committee met and reported out a rule, House Resolution 260, providing for consideration of H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1 under a structured rule. It provides 7…

Spare me the gaslighting on gas stoves. We know that, just yesterday, New York banned all gas stoves in new buildings. We are talking about New York. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Langworthy), who is my…

I reserve the balance of my time until closing. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Neguse), a distinguished member of the Rules Committee.