That is right. It was an embarrassment, and it was a stigma on us. Welfare queens, that is what they tried to call us.

I thank Mr. Huffman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of my bill, the Fire Department Repayment Act. This legislation cuts red tape and fixes the burdensome fire department repayment system to ensure our local departments are…

The MAPWaters Act would improve the standardization and public access to information about Federal waterway restrictions, Federal waterway access and navigation, and Federal fishing restrictions. By standardizing and digitizing this…

I was unable to be present to cast my vote on Roll Call Nos. 502, 503, 504, and 505 today. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call Nos. 502, 503, 504, and 505. ____________________

I ask my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 4955, a bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, as the Henry Parham VA Clinic, and I yield back the balance of my…

I ask all my colleagues to join me in passing S. 2513, the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act, and I yield back the balance of my time.

In closing, I ask all of my colleagues to join me in passing S. 141, the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I support this important piece of legislation, and I ask that my colleagues do the same. Mr. Speaker, I ask all of my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 9124 to…

I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I ask all of my colleagues to join me in passing H.R. 8667 to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Cadillac, Michigan, as the…

I ask all my colleagues to join me in passing S. 3938 to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Lynchburg, Virginia, as the Private First Class Desmond T. Doss VA Clinic, and I yield back the…

I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. I ask all my colleagues to join me in passing S. 5314 to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the James Mountain Inhofe VA Medical…

I am truly grateful that today the House is taking up my legislation to honor a truly extraordinary constituent of mine whom we lost earlier this year. My bill would rename the Auburn VA facility after Grass Valley resident and World War…

It is an honor to testify in support of my bill, the Honor Our Living Donors Act. Mr. Speaker, I think everyone can agree that there are few acts more selfless than a living donor donating an organ to somebody else in need. There is a…

This week I announced legislation to end all Federal funding for California's high-speed rail project. This bill will make the project ineligible to receive any Federal funding going forward. Simply put, it is time to stop throwing good…

I wish to honor and congratulate Colonel Joseph Peterburs, a decorated veteran in Placer County, on his 100th birthday. The great American Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, wrote: ``Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men but…

I wish to recognize outgoing Roseville City Councilmember Scott Alvord for his years of devoted service to the Roseville area community. Councilmember Alvord has been a leader in the local business community for nearly four decades and has…

I wish to congratulate Google Quantum AI on an astonishing accomplishment in the field of quantum computing. Its new Willow chip performed a computation that is truly mind-boggling, that is otherworldly, literally otherworldly, according…

I wish to recognize the retiring Nevada County Supervisor for District 2, Ed Scofield, for his lifelong commitment to service to Nevada County. Ed was born and raised in Grass Valley, graduating from Nevada Union High School and Sierra…