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These are American citizens. These are taxpayers. These are our countrymen and women who just lost everything, all their possessions, and they are being treated like garbage.

I am a decorated Army combat veteran who served in the Vietnam war. I know how well and how much the sacrifices our servicemembers make to defend our Nation. Access to timely healthcare for our veterans is mission critical for the VA, and…

You have to have people you trust to go into these agencies and have a real reform agenda, and that's why I think there's real momentum, real momentum to get these nominations confirmed.

I will say it once again: It is pretty clear this bill gives the IRS the authority it needs to revoke tax-exempt status for organizations that provide material support for terrorism. That is it. The tax-exempt organizations that aren't…

I cannot understand what is controversial about an organization losing their tax-exempt status if they are funding terrorism. I don't see how that is controversial, but apparently, the prior speakers believe it is controversial. It is…

America's public servants deserve to be treated fairly by Social Security, and all of America's seniors deserve access to the benefits that they have earned and to live out their retirement with dignity. These truths are not mutually…

Let me begin by stating some very related facts. First and foremost, I am a proud United Methodist. In fact, I am an ordained United Methodist elder. I served one church for 38 years as pastor. The church, St. James United Methodist…

May the record also reflect the truth and the facts. The IRS Commissioner, Mr. Werfel, was appointed by President Biden, not President Trump. Let's get the facts straight. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as she may consume to the…

The windfall elimination provision, or WEP as it is more commonly known, was put in place more than four decades ago to prevent workers with earnings that were exempt from Social Security payroll taxes from getting more generous treatment…

it is a privilege today to honor the Rev. Dr. Mark E. Dever on the occasion of his 30th anniversary as senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church, here in Washington, DC. Mark Dever was born in Madisonville, KY, in 1960. Initially a…

I think any normal American who is sitting out there and hears that would be absolutely outraged by it, and rightly so.

Kitchen table economics are important to all of us.

The Biden-Harris Administration helped to save our economy from freefall with the American Recovery Plan.

Project 2025 is a boogeyman. Read it. You will see the policies that are being espoused in that document are extreme.

These policies are extreme. They would undermine women's rights. They would undermine LGBTQ rights.

I think any normal American who is sitting out there and hears that would be absolutely outraged by it, and rightly so.