Hope is not a strategy.

Even with no troops there?

Mr. President it is an honor to be here. They say that making law is like making sausage. But I have seen sausage made, and it is a prettier process, and it is a lot easier. But this has been a lot more rewarding. I have enjoyed the time…

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Arkansas. My bill this week was about 415-0, so I also know how to work in a bipartisan manner. I think that is probably what I appreciate the most about your leadership on the Committee on Natural…

Madam Speaker, I would like to take a moment to discuss the devastating drought affecting Utah this year. Ninety percent of the West is experiencing extreme drought conditions. This includes every county in the great State of Utah…

Our patients are not exactly worried about their safety, right? They are worried about living.

My colleagues and constituents back home often communicate to me that the FDA needs to be less risk-averse.

When Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell vote for the same bill, you know one thing, one of them hasn’t read it.

There will always be details that have to be worked out but I`m pretty optimistic at this stage, nothing is a 100 percent but it looks pretty good.

In many cases a reservation has been suggested as the only solution in spite of strong opposition from most park visitors and local communities and that is something I strongly oppose.

Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to moving the previous question so we can immediately consider my bill, H.R. 4698, the Say No to Indoctrination Act, which prohibits Federal funds from advancing the hateful critical race theory…

Why in the world do we not complete the barrier that has already been contracted for?

I simply cannot understand any logical reason not to complete it.

I just do not get why you do not address this in a way--well, frankly, President Obama did.

That overspending is contributing to the highest level of inflation we have seen in some 12 years.

So at no level trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see, that does not pose a threat to our national security?

That is unrealistic. That is, of course, absurd.

I would urge you and other members of this Administration to reconsider whether this is an appropriate choice. It is not.