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Throughout our Nation, the American people are experiencing a housing crisis that has been years in the making. From 2020 to 2024, the cost of a home soared 37 percent. Over that same period, rents increased 24 percent. Many communities…
on January 22, the Trump administration forced the National Park Service to remove panels at Independence Hall National Park, the cradle of our liberty, telling an important chapter in George Washington's Presidency. Early in our Nation's…
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble. I read these words today…
I rise today to recognize American Heart Month, observed every February, to raise awareness about cardiovascular health. The first CPR training occurred in the early 1960s. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed February American…
I rise today to honor George Lake of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, as the first recipient of the Pennsylvania Veteran Ag Entrepreneurship Award. After completing his service in the U.S. Marine Corps, George took the responsibility of…
I rise today to celebrate an organization that is near and dear to my heart, Scouting America. February 8 is National Scouting America Day, which recognizes the legacy of the organization and the young Americans who have gone from Scouts…
I support H.R. 3497, the Medal of Sacrifice Act, which would award medals to honor those who lose their lives while serving as public safety officers. I encourage my colleagues to support it, too.
Mr. Speaker, to respond to the notion of hypocrisy, that we should rely on the Secretary of State's notification when required, we were not notified--the Congress did not receive notification--or asked for authorization before Americans…
Mr. Speaker, it is really devastating to listen to the other side talking about how we somehow were not supposed to be told when boots went on the ground before. Somehow, we were lucky enough, by God's grace, that nothing bad happened to…
I am struck by the fact that we are at a place where we have maligned others in the past for brutish isolationism and for colonial instincts that we have long condemned in our own adversaries. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues on both…
The Defense bill restores funding for Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs of $1.3 billion following massive cuts in fiscal year 2025. Further, it includes over $100 million for PFAS remediation efforts at military…
I rise to honor Jack Fields for more than 50 years of service to the borough of McConnellsburg in Fulton County, Pennsylvania. Jack recently retired as secretary and treasurer of the borough council, acting as borough manager and head of…
I rise today to honor Gary Paul, who has concluded three decades of public service as a Richland Township supervisor in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Gary Paul, throughout his 30-year tenure, has worked tirelessly as a Geistown borough…
Mr. Speaker, underneath this debate about the appropriations minibus is the difficult reality that House Republicans have abdicated their responsibilities to this Chamber, to the Congress, and to the Constitution. We are not just debating…
Mr. Speaker, nobody is questioning that the Federal Government has the duty and authority to arrest and detain and deport these so-called worst of the worst, rapists, drug dealers, people who have been convicted, but that is not what is…
I rise today to recognize eight students from the Central Middle School and High School who performed in December at the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa Bay, Florida. The Central Mountain Middle School and High School twirlers were among the 481…
the core of NATO is Article 5: An attack on one is an attack on all. Since the end of World War II, the U.S. and our allies have honored and operated on this mutual trust. President Truman called it a neighborly act. There is no article…
I rise today to recognize Kendra Aucker, president and CEO of the WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Kendra retired earlier this month after 30 years of dedicated service. Kendra began her career at…