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Thank you, Senator Cornyn, for the work you are doing and working with Senator Murphy and so many other Senators. You and I have done so many bills together, including the historic Save Our Stages bill, which made such a difference. And I…
Madam Speaker, I rise to oppose the previous question so that we can immediately consider H.R. 6858, the American Energy Independence from Russia Act, which I am proud to cosponsor with my colleagues, Representatives McMorris Rodgers and…
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague and friend from Pennsylvania for yielding me the time. Madam Speaker, I would like to start off by saying that I am going to specifically talk about H.R. 7606. Many of the bills included in that bill, in…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today opposed to the underlying bill. Americans are living in paralyzing fear, watching all of their household income get eaten up by the price of gas and household needs and watching their retirement security disappear…
Madam Speaker, it does not have to be this way. We can bring gas prices down with Republican solutions. As the ranking member of the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, I call on my colleagues in this body today to do the right…
Therefore, I regret that my ESA Flexibility Act was not accepted as an amendment, but I look forward to the eventual passage of the ESA Flexibility Act into law.
The family farmers in my district in Minnesota and across the country are part of the solution in my mind when it comes to addressing climate change.
They carry the iron ore that makes 80-plus percent of America's steel.
Rail safety is ever present both in those communities that have rail lines running through them.
You cannot continue to punish the small businesses across this country.
The USMCA included over 200 million dollars to ILAB for technical assistance to help with Mexico with enforcement of its new labor law.
Madam Speaker, Roe v. Wade is fundamentally about privacy. Fifty, 60, 70 years ago, in order for women to access abortion care, they had to go to back-alley clinics and use wire hangers. In 1973, it was decided that women have a right to…
Mr. President, I come to the floor today on behalf of 9 million Americans who directly benefited from very important health insurance credits in the American Rescue Plan--credits that are set to expire at the end of the year if Congress…
Madam Speaker, Jim Ramstad represented Minnesota's Third District in Congress as a principled Republican from 1991 to 2009. His widow, Kathryn, a remarkable woman in her own right, wrote me last week and asked that I share her message with…
Madam Speaker, it has been 23 years since Columbine. It has been 15 years since Virginia Tech, 10 years since Sandy Hook, 4 years since Parkland. We have offered prayer and thoughts for years with no real action. It has been 15 days since…
Madam Speaker, one in six children in the United States doesn't have enough food to eat. It is unconscionable that we allow 16 percent of our children here in this country to go hungry. Right now, Mitch McConnell and Republicans are…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, these bills are not about keeping kids and communities safe from violent criminals, they are about furthering a blanket anti- gun agenda. This is one-size-fits-all…
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, we have no further requests for time on our side, and I am ready to close. I reserve the balance of my time.