if you book your flight, that flight is going to fly, you don’t have people at the airport for two, four, six hours then have a flight canceled.

I fly out of Newark all the time.

We can do more with less.

pretty strange.

We didn’t have to be here. This did not have to be our story.

a pretty strange offer

The cracks that you are now seeing today were highlighted actually over the last four years.

That’s a pretty strange offer.

That's a pretty strange offer.

billions — lots of billions

Mr. Speaker, we are heading into what many people hope is the finishing stretch of our legislature, putting through what Donald Trump calls the big, beautiful bill. There are a lot of issues yet to be decided, and I would like to address…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 2 o'clock and 12 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Friday, May 9, 2025, at 1 p.m. ____________________

Mr. Speaker, I was in a meeting. Had I been present, I would have voted AYE on Roll Call No. 122.

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 1 p.m. tomorrow, and further, when the House adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet at noon on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, for morning-hour…

This is a system that’s, what — 25 at best, sometimes 50 years old. The Congress and the country haven’t paid attention to it, right? They expect it to work. And so now I think the — the lights are blinking, the sirens are turning, and…

Mr. President, I rise today to recognize the life and legacy of Steven W. Hoecker, who served as the director of the David R. Obey Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center in Ashland, WI, for many years. Steve was a passionate public servant…

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 12) and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution. The SPEAKER…

Mr. President, I rise today to recognize the life and legacy of Steven W. Hoecker, who served as the director of the David R. Obey Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center in Ashland, WI, for many years. Steve was a passionate public servant…