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Mike McCaul
@mikemccaul· Republican · TX· Jan 29, 2024

I absolutely support with full heart the end of funding to UNRWA and their destabilizing role that they've played within the Middle East.

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Brian Babin
@brianbabin· Republican · TX· Jan 29, 2024

Well, we have heard the numbers: 20 percent of all container shipping, 10 percent of seaborne oil, and 8 percent of LNG pass through the Suez Canal; a dramatic increase in attacks since October of 2023.

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Jan 29, 2024

I give much respect to this book called the Constitution, which, if we read some of the opening comments made, it is said that the Declaration of Independence was the promise and the Constitution was the fulfillment. It is a good roadmap…

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Veronica Escobar
@veronicaescobar· Democratic · TX· Jan 29, 2024

This hearing is a very brazen effort to provide political cover to my Governor, Government Greg Abbott, who has unconstitutionally used State resources to try to impose the State's own immigration policies and laws.

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Veronica Escobar
@veronicaescobar· Democratic · TX· Jan 29, 2024

Obviously, what Greg Abbott is doing is an absolute failure. There is nothing about what Greg Abbott is doing that is about trying to improve the situation, trying to solve a great challenge.

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Veronica Escobar
@veronicaescobar· Democratic · TX· Jan 29, 2024

It is really tragic because our Nation deserves bipartisan solutions that make sense and that help our country.

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Mike McCaul
@mikemccaul· Republican · TX· Jan 29, 2024

UNRWA provides education in hatred of Jews for the vastly expanded number of children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren of the original refugees.

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Mike McCaul
@mikemccaul· Republican · TX· Jan 29, 2024

We have to acknowledge that Hamas is a terrorist organization.

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Jasmine Crockett
@jasminecrockett· Democratic · TX· Jan 29, 2024

As far as I am concerned, there is no better investment than in our children.

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Veronica Escobar
@veronicaescobar· Democratic · TX· Jan 29, 2024

Instead, what we are doing here today is advancing a crackpot legal argument that is itself based on a racist conspiracy theory.

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Jan 25, 2024

earlier this week, the American people received the tragic news that two Navy SEALs died during a nighttime raid near Somalia. Somalia is a world away from here, but what happens in that region has a direct impact on us here at home…

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Jan 24, 2024

since President Biden took office 3 years ago, Customs and Border Protection has encountered 6.7 million--6.7 million--migrants at the southern border. Just to give you an idea of how that compares to the Obama administration and President…

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Jan 22, 2024

President Biden, last Friday, garnered a lot of attention for his comments on the border crisis. When asked by a reporter if the border was secure, the President didn't hesitate; he didn't equivocate. He said, ``No, it's not.'' ``No, it's…

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Lloyd Doggett
@lloyddoggett· Democratic · TX· Jan 18, 2024

This bill is yet another step in the Republican crusade to impose a national abortion ban to treat women across America the way Texans have been abused already. And this drastic, harmful strategy is about so much more than abortion…

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Kay Granger
@kaygranger· Republican · TX· Jan 18, 2024

I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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Chip Roy
@chiproy· Republican · TX· Jan 18, 2024

I am addressing my comments to the Chair. I am addressing the Chair on behalf of the people that I represent who are dying in Texas because of Democrats, directly because of Democrat policies. They can shake their heads all they want, but…

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Chip Roy
@chiproy· Republican · TX· Jan 18, 2024

I thank the gentleman from Arizona for yielding to me. I, too, wish our friend from Ohio well in his future endeavors and appreciated serving with him in the Chamber and appreciate the same sacrifices with respect to our family, our…

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Beth Van Duyne
@bethvanduyne· Republican · TX· Jan 18, 2024

Texas is home to 200 pregnancy resource centers, and I will not stand by as the Biden administration attempts to take away choice from pregnant women, nor will I stand by and allow them to block funding for the vital programs offered by…

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