For the first time since Reagan, a Republican, won voters making less than 50 grand a year. Now, as a Democrat, I don't like that. But as an American, I admire it.

I want to offer an amendment that would add one more crime to the list covered by this legislation, and that would be assault of a law enforcement officer. Anyone who comes into the country illegally and harms these brave men and women in…

we just locked in a vote on my amendment. I would like to call up my amendment No. 14 to Senate amendment No. 8 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The…

yesterday I came to the floor of the U.S. Senate to talk about the importance of promptly confirming President Trump's Cabinet. The American people having voted for President Trump, having said that they are unhappy with the direction the…

I would remind people that what happened before Christmas was precisely that, trying to cram down a bunch of stuff in a big bill, and it met with resounding failure. Let's not do that. Let's make the 119th Congress be about success…

We could do that right now if the House would act. Right now, pass the budget, pass the instructions, and do exactly what we just laid out. Do the debt ceiling increase, do the funding for the border, and give it to Tom Homan tomorrow. In…

President Trump must win to preserve the Constitution. He must win to preserve democracy in America.

I thank my friend from Pennsylvania for his remarks. Mr. Speaker, he is right. The clock is ticking. We can't let another legislative day go and another legislative day go in which we don't deliver. The American people expect us to…

I thank my friend from Utah for his remarks and all of the good stuff we have started off with as Republicans in this Congress and his remarks about athletics. I was a walk-on in college. I hope all of us might be able to work together to…

last week, I had a chance to lay out some of my top priorities for the new Congress as Republicans take the helm. Today, I want to elaborate on the first of those priorities, which is to confirm President Trump's Cabinet. Back in November…

I can see that somebody’s campaign coffers really are struggling right now.

While we honor the service of a former president, we must also celebrate the service of an incoming president.

What about water availability?

Due to illness, I was unable to vote during the vote series today. Had I been able to vote, I would have voted: NAY on Roll Call No. 7, H.R. 23--Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act.

I thank the gentleman for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, on October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists brutally murdered and kidnapped hundreds of innocent Israelis. Over a year later, Hamas still holds hostages--some dead but many alive. In response…

And still I rise. I rise today as a proud American and a staunch believer in the noble ideals this country was founded upon. This country, which was built on the idea of equality and justice, today is a leader on the world stage that can…

And still I rise. And I rise today in the name of government of the people, by the people, and for the people; not government of the oligarchs, by the oligarchs, for the oligarchs; or for the plutocrats; and I surely do not rise in the…

I thank my friend from Florida, the chairman, for his support on this legislation. I thank him for his statesmanship on this particular issue, which is critically important for not just our friendship with our ally, Israel, but also our…