One thing we shouldn't be doing is ever talking about doing anything to reduce the benefits of Medicare and Social Security.

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

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

When foreign investors own American farmland and agricultural processing capacity, it can put our country and domestic food supply and local communities at risk.

When we think about modernizing Congress, making the legislative branch work more efficiently, I do not think there is anything better than the GAO being here with us where you are dedicated to figuring out ways to make our Government be…

We gave you a solution. We vetted it. We marked it up in the Judiciary Committee. It is H.R. 2. It secures the border.

America, if you don't know yet, there is a party that refuses to acknowledge what happened on January 20, 2021, open borders were declared in America, and this is what we got.

I don't think it is humane or morally right to see the No. 1 killer of young people in America... being fentanyl poisonings, not overdoses, poisonings.

I would urge you to go meet with someone who testified under oath before the Judiciary Committee, Sheriff Mark Dannels from Cochise County... that it is a direct result of January 20, 2021, when President Biden adopted open borders…

I think this Committee should take a look at the possibility of doing this because it is clearly not in the interest of New Yorkers.

I would argue it--it obviously, hasn't made a dent because we still have climate change alarmists.

I would call it a fiscal crisis. You know, it is a slow moving train running right at us.

We're spending $1.9 trillion more this year than we did just four years ago.

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 10 p.m.), the House adjourned until tomorrow, Friday, September 22, 2023, at 9 a.m. ____________________

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address America's immigration crisis. For 29 months, encounters with illegal immigrants have been higher than the highest month in the Trump years. While Washington Democrats continue to ignore the crisis…

we have not mobilized to prevent a war in the Pacific.

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George Washington at one time said to be prepared for war is the most effectual way to preserve peace.