Thank you. Mr. Secretary, you mentioned that you've hired 14,000 nurses on net.

But I'm so struck that the unions are so powerful that I just want to be comfortable that you're actually adjusting your staffing.

I think it's been a year and a half to two years that I've been told that the VA is trying to put in a system to address that.

the point of prior authorization is to prevent that over utilization.

Of course not. It's absurd.

I thank my dear friend and colleague Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick for yielding to me. We are here to honor the memory of a dear friend and colleague, Congressman Donald Payne, Jr., a remarkable public servant and a true champion of…

I thank Mr. Van Orden of Wisconsin for his leadership on H.R. 5914, the Veterans Education Transparency and Training Act. This bill makes much-needed improvements to veteran educational assistance programs, and it will expand job…

Maybe we should bring in the National Guard.

The use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal construction projects is what we are going to discuss.

the Biden Administration has effectively shut down large Federal projects that had been long planned, permitted, authorized, and funded within 24 of our sovereign states.

What do you say to those 8 out of 10 American workers that cannot work on these jobs in these 24 states or elsewhere?

It is a massive transfer of wealth from red states, not just to blue states, but actually to labor unions within the blue states in an election year.

We are going to sue. Many states coming together, we are going to sue. We are going to win.

Now Congress is back tonight in Washington.

We should not be dictating to Israel their military strategy. We should be supporting our ally, which is the only stable democracy in the Middle East.

When they shout down and physically threatened with intimidation and threats of violence the other side, that is not a peaceful expression.

The speaker of the House is -- has a very important constitutional responsibility. It's an officer listed in the Constitution.

I am here today joining my colleagues and calling on President Shafik to resign if she cannot immediately bring order to this chaos. Enjoy your free speech.