
I thank the gentleman from Texas for his leadership. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support for the amendment proposed by Representative Crenshaw. Despite being the world's leading emitter of carbon emissions and the second largest…
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I thank the gentleman from Texas for his leadership. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support for the amendment proposed by Representative Crenshaw. Despite being the world's leading emitter of carbon emissions and the second largest…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title VI of division D, add the following: SEC. 30613. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED STATES…

I would just say to my friends on the other side of the aisle, stop obfuscating, stop sending our jobs overseas. Start realizing what we have done together in this Chamber to our citizens who want to work in their jobs in their country…

I urge my colleagues to please join me in protecting American workers by terminating U.S. participation in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The UNFCCC charges signatories to work to stabilize greenhouse gas…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. Amendments En…

I think we have to make it very clear what--no matter who we are, feel a healing sense or unifying sense in this time.

Now, we have the opportunity to ensure that we have a hymn.

Isn't wonderful we've sung it, and not divisively, but in a unifying manner.

All should know that Chair Cohen has been at the forefront of the voting rights trial and tribulation and advocacy.

the Fed Board has no role in the allocation of capital, period, end quote.

Under the CARES Act, with your discretion, individuals do not have to meet the 50 percent time of their sentence, is that correct?

If activism by a supposedly independent central bank is accepted, the potential for abuse--by both parties--is limitless.

I think he is eminently qualified, knowledgeable, has the temperament and the experience to be a constructive contributor.

These are important issues, but they're wholly unrelated to the Fed's limited statutory mandates and expertise.

My concern about Fed overreach is not hypothetical.

I am committed that we will have not only justice accountability, but that we will look to prison reform and have restoration.

Finally, do you think it would help inmates on the compassionate release if BOP filed the motions rather than the inmates?

In a democratic society, those tradeoffs must be made by elected representatives who are accountable to the American people, not unelected central bankers.