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Everything Senator Portman is talking about is language is important.

Thank you for your co-sponsorship of the bill. I think it is wonderful.

I think we may be watching the slow moving but inevitable destruction of the ability of Congress to do meaningful oversight. My message is Department of Justice is get on it. Do not act like Feds here, act like state prosecutors, go fast…

had there been a recorded vote, I would have voted no on the confirmations of Executive Calendar No. 537, Cole Finegan, of Colorado to be United States Attorney for the District of Colorado for the term of four years; No. 538, Kenneth L…

serious cybercrime, some state-sponsored, some terrorist-sponsored, some just sponsored by people who'd rather they had our money than we had our money in the United States.

I think the liberal attack, the left wing attack on manhood says to men, you`re part of the problem. It says that your masculinity is inherently problematic. It`s inherently oppressive.

The Left's attack on America leads directly to an attack on men. Can we be surprised that, after years of being told that they're the problem, that their manhood is the problem, more and more men are withdrawing into the enclave of…

had there been a recorded vote, I would have voted no on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 332, Lee Satterfield, of South Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Educational and Cultural Affairs). Mr. President, had there…

I hear all the time in this Chamber people say it is for the children or it is for the kids. What hogwash from the other side to say that this bill helps the children with the child tax credit. Your child tax credit is for 1 year, but your…

As the gentlewoman from California said, there is $150 billion in this program for housing assistance. What is unfortunate, which she didn't share, is that it also allows felons of domestic violence to get those grants, which is…

I include in the Record a document from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget that shows the true cost of the bill is over $4 trillion. [From the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Nov. 5, 2021] House Build Back Better…

I am happy to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Colorado (Mrs. Boebert). She is someone who is a warrior, a fighter for conservatism and, apparently, even the Budget chairman is threatened by her.

I would like to read a quote from the Democrat Congressman from Maine, talking about the huge tax break for the millionaires. He says: ``The fact that more people and organizations on the Democratic side aren't up in arms about this is…

I appreciate the gentlewoman from Illinois, and I remind her that government spending is already helping fuel an inflation fire that is on pace to raise prices at the fastest rate in 40 years. In her home State of Illinois, food prices…

I appreciate the comments of the gentleman from New York, but I would just like to point out, in his home State, a family of four with two children under six, in just over a year, will face more than a $3,200 tax increase. But yet, a…

Only in this Chamber will you hear people say that if you spend trillions more dollars it will only make inflation go down. The American people aren't that stupid. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the fine gentleman from New York (Mr…

As the gentlewoman from Texas says, this helps a lot of people, especially if you are a millionaire. That is why it is the second largest provision in this bill. It is tax breaks for millionaires. In fact, Senator Tester from Montana is…