life expectancy since 1980 has went up 13 years for the Native peoples that he represents up in Alaska.

I want this Committee to come Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to hear the story here.

The lockdowns led to higher crime is what I heard you say.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to do a little truth telling. I rise today as a proud member of the silent majority of United States citizens and the super majority of the Republican Party of this august House. I will be plain. The motion to…

Mr. Speaker, I will address some of the votes that took place on the floor last week, in particular the vote regarding a continuing resolution designed to keep the government open that was taken here last Friday. The effort to keep the…

Mr. Speaker, this week I introduced legislation to rename the post office in Kiel, Wisconsin, after Wisconsin State trooper, Trevor Casper. Now, I know many in this body may not have heard of Trevor, but back in Wisconsin he is not just…

Mr. Speaker, we are here today because we think the government is going to shut down on Sunday. That is because there are supposed to be 12 separate bills that comprise our budget that were supposed to be passed by now. We have passed the…

Mr. Chair, why do we allow the State Department through a bureaucratic memo to impose these unnecessary and counterproductive limits on communication and cooperation with Taiwan? We don't have rules like this in place for the totalitarian…

Mr. Chair, my amendment would prevent the enforcement of several arbitrary, self-imposed State Department restrictions that limit communication and cooperation between U.S. officials and their counterparts in Taiwan. This amendment is…

Mr. Chair, here is part of the memo that I read last night from the State Department: You should not refer to Taiwan as a country or to the authorities of Taiwan as a government, instead, refer to Taiwan authorities or Taiwan counterparts…

Mr. Speaker, we just had another vote on this floor regarding the war between Russia and Ukraine. One more time, more money was spent on the war. As bad as the money that is spent on the war, what is worse is the huge cost in human lives…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 11 o'clock and 41 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Friday, September 29, 2023, at 10 a.m…

Madam Chair, I have multiple combat tours as a Navy SEAL, including two to Afghanistan, and that is why I rise today in support of the amendment to use the Holman rule to reduce Secretary Austin's salary to $1. To paraphrase a famous…

Mr. Chair, I rise today with deep, deep reservations about the provisions in this bill funding the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, a program that has been in place since 2016. Today, the United States has given $113 billion in…

Our robust agriculture industry also helps keep our country safe, as food security is national security.

I think also you need to separate healthcare costs in terms of the catastrophic costs that need insurance and the non-catastrophic that people could pay for out of their pocket.

In Wisconsin, the agriculture industry is a major economic driver, contributing more than 104 billion annually to our State's economy.

Our robust agriculture industry also helps keep our country safe, as food security is national security.