As a senior member of the Committees on the Budget, Judiciary, and Homeland Security, I proudly rise in support of H. Res. 1102--Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Approps Minibus No. 2) which will provide funding to continue…

We chose to keep the government open today. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman is no longer recognized. ____________________

I move to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882, with further amendment No. 1804. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Texas…

clearly it is an election year, because we are hearing more and more political speeches from the floor of the Senate and precious little work doing the hard things that we actually are elected to do, which is to legislate. Here we find…

As the ranking member, I live at the border. I don't just go visit the border. I know the border. This is a strong border security bill that we passed in a bipartisan, commonsense way. This bill takes away all the poisonous riders and adds…

It adds money to Stonegarden so local law enforcement can do their work. I would say, Madam Speaker, this is the strongest border security bill that we have. It is fair. I ask folks to support this bill. Again, I live at the border. I…

And still I rise, a proud, liberated Democrat, unbought, unbossed, and unafraid. In the spirit of Shirley Chisholm, I rise, a great and noble American. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on another mission of mercy. I rise today because this…

I thank my colleague Mr. Duncan and Chair McMorris Rodgers for yielding. I appreciate the leadership of Gary Palmer on this particular legislation, H.R. 1023, the Cutting Green Corruption and Taxes Act. As we sit here and listen, it has…

Our way of life in southeast Texas depends on the certainty of energy. The President's every move and decision to kill our energy security has only resulted in leaving America more reliant on foreign adversaries. Madam Speaker, quite…

Since President Joe Biden's first day in office, he has actively attacked our energy industry. Joe Biden's blatant political ploys to satisfy his radical climate activists have directly impacted my energy-heavy district, which houses…

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 96. ____________________

I am concerned that corruption in South Africa is undermining American interests.

With all due respect, that is just objectively not credible. You sanction governments you do not like, and you ignore leftist friends of yours who are utterly corrupt.

Corruption in the Western Hemisphere poses direct risks to American national security. Our adversaries exploit that corruption to literally buy up governments.

I thank the gentleman from New York. I appreciate what he came to the floor to address. We all have these great stories back home in our districts, and it is worth regaling those things, and I am glad he got the ability to do that. Mr…

That is a convenient stance, but on the face of it, it is very easy. If you want to be corrupt, be a leftist, then the Biden administration will pat you on the back and encourage you.

President Biden and the Democratic Party brought billions of dollars in investment into the U.S. energy sector through the Inflation Reduction Act. Republicans ridicule the President's record on jobs in the energy sector, but Biden is…

I am deeply concerned that the Biden administration has politicized corruption sanctions.