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We are in a cold war with China and some of my colleagues want to ignore this fact. We have legislation before us that is 12 pages long. The bill is not a ban. It forces foreign adversaries, including Chinese Communists, to divest. The…
And still I rise. And still I rise. I rise as a very proud unbought, unbossed, and unafraid liberated Democrat. In the spirit of Shirley Chisholm, she was, as she proclaimed, unbought and unbossed. I rise also as the scion of the enslaved…
I missed today's votes due to circumstances beyond my control. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall no. 86.
We have myths and then we have facts. Let's go over some myths for a second, particularly when you talk about the border. Myth one I heard was, the GOP doesn't have any solutions and doesn't want to solve this border crisis. We are not…
With a great deal of consternation I rise in opposition to the opposition. H. Res. 1065, here we go again. Rather than solutions, the Republicans are denouncing the Biden administration's immigration policy. What do they have to offer…
I am glad to be here in an empty Chamber having the rigorous debate that we are so accustomed to here in the people's House, but that is, again, where we find ourselves with the level of debate at the moment. We are left with bringing…
I will close with this. In a couple of years, this country is going to be celebrating its 250th birthday on July 2, 2026. The question we have to ask ourselves is whether or not we are going to have a country that we pass down to our kids…
Last week, the President stood in this Chamber and declared the state of the Union is good and that our lives are better. For the sake of our country, I wish that were so, but, unfortunately, we know it couldn't be further from the truth…
I thank the gentleman from Kentucky for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I know he is probably as surprised as I am to be accused of taking orders from the former President and following whatever the former President says. If the gentleman from…
The America I know enforces the rule of law. The America I know establishes a rule of law that attracts people from the world to come to our country. That is why people come to the United States of America, because the rule of law affords…
I guess now, in conclusion on this point, back to the border, an absolute tragedy that is unfolding for Americans reeling, like Laken Riley's parents, like Lizbeth's mom--by the way, you left out the fact, I understand, that she was…
Free speech is meaningless unless you allow people, you don't like to say things you don't like. Otherwise, it's relevant.
To be clear, we are racking up an additional trillion dollars of debt every 100 days.
Does the gentleman believe that next week, we, as Republicans, should be voting to fund chief diversity officers across the Department of Defense that are destroying recruiting and turning our military into a social engineering experiment…
We are spending now, this year, more on interest than our national defense. We will be cracking a trillion dollars of interest in 2026. We are now going to pass a package that spends $1.66 trillion, which the CBO acknowledges will continue…
Should we be funding, for example, under COVID, the continued funding of the Wuhan lab or anything with respect to EcoHealth Alliance without any accountability for any of the people who sent our entire economy into a tailspin, racking up…
Does the gentleman agree that we will be fully funding Joe Biden's student loan bailout schemes that were found to be unlawful by the United States Supreme Court? He literally stood at the microphone and said: I don't care, I am doing it…