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Madam President, I rise today to ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing April as National Minority Health Month. For over 35 years, commemorating National Minority Health Month every April has provided us the opportunity to celebrate…
Mr. President, I rise today to speak about two of the Federal government's most important innovation programs: the Small Business Innovation Research program, also known as the SBIR, and the Small Business Technology Transfer program, or…
I am prepared to close when my friend from Pennsylvania is prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.
The House rules do forbid engaging in personalities. I accept the advice of the Parliamentarian that I used unparliamentary language to make my point, and I certainly respect the necessity for parliamentary decorum. {time} 1330
The Rules Committee met yesterday and reported a rule, House Resolution 1065 providing for consideration of S. 3522, the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act under a closed rule. The rule provides for 1 hour of debate equally divided…
For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Reschenthaler), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is…
By direction of the House Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1065 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1065 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in…
I thank my friend for our lively discussion today. And I am glad to hear, again, that he supports the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022, S. 3522. I wish we could have focused on the meaning of this legislation, rather than…
I thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Meeks), the chairman of the committee, for yielding. I thank him for his leadership in bringing this bill to the floor quickly and effectively. I thank Mr. Wilson, who represents the minority, and…
I thank the gentlewoman from Michigan for yielding. And the Speaker pro tem, Ms. Jacobs, how proud Madeleine Albright would be of the two of you standing here, presiding here, and giving tribute to an extraordinary woman who must have…
Mr. President, as Lady Bird Johnson said, ``The environment is where we all meet, where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.'' This quote from when she served as First Lady of the United States during…
The Senate has passed, and we have just had read, the passage of H.R. 7108, which is the Suspending Normal Trading Relations with Russia and Belarus Act. That passed 100 to zero in the United States Senate. We expect at the end of this…
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. And I would respond, this bill is about economic resilience. You can't be independent if you go bankrupt. You can't be independent if you can't operate your business. I have gone into restaurant after…
I thank the gentleman from Mississippi for yielding. I thank the gentlewoman from Wyoming for her courage in standing for the truth. I disagree with many things that the previous speaker said. I disagree with his premises and with his…
Madam President, I rise today in strong support of Judge Jackson to be the 116th Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. As a Senator, one of the most important responsibilities I have under the Constitution is whether to…
It is up to us to defend Mr. Kinzinger and to defend Ms. Cheney, because if you don't go along with what Donald Trump says, if you don't act like you are a robot, or a member of a religious cult, they will attack you, they will vilify you…
You have not been heckled by any of our Members, while I was heckled by---- Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I have the time. You have the gavel. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Courtney). The gentleman from California is recognized. Mr. McCARTHY…
Are you yielding? Mr. McCARTHY. No. I said to Mr. Speaker, the House is not in order. There was no yielding. Your staff is continuing to communicate. I think if I am speaking, the House should be in order. I don't know if that is a…