A recent study found that nearly 2,000 lives could have been saved in Texas if it had reached the vaccination levels of places like Vermont or Connecticut.

I will point out that this amendment is structured and written in such a way that this does not apply to all agricultural and food production facilities. It only applies to the very few largest operations in the United States, the ones…

Let's help our pilots be strong medically and mentally, and let's make this the best aviation system in the world. Mr. Chair, I include in the Record an article from Scientific American. [From Scientific American, Nov. 22, 2022] We Need To…

I thank the gentleman very much for yielding time. Let me first say that the administration enthusiastically supports the work of Chairman Graves and Ranking Member Larsen for the great work that they have done. This is good for America…

Let me dwell on an amendment that I offered to get through the backlog of pilots that are now well after they have been off for some medical reason and the backlog of getting them back into the stream of flying is taking long. We need to…

I urge this Congress to support amendment No. 71 to H.R. 3935. My city of San Antonio is known as Military City USA. It is home to tens of thousands of soldiers, airmen, intelligence professionals, and cybersecurity experts who need direct…

Every person should have an opportunity to view and experience our amazing national parks, whether it is Mount Rushmore, whether it is select areas in Hawaii, or whether it is the Grand Canyon. I can't remember the last time somebody in…

Let me start by saying, I commend Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Larsen, and Ranking Member Cohen on a very successful bipartisan FAA reauthorization bill. One of the issues that I feel very adamant about is addressing the pilot shortage…

I thank the Texas delegation from San Antonio--Mr. Joaquin Castro, Mr. Chip Roy, Mr. Greg Casar, and Mr. Tony Gonzales--for all working together, along with the Senators. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of this amendment to add seven slots to…

I thank my friend from Utah for leading this amendment, and I thank my friends in the San Antonio delegation for standing up for the people of San Antonio, who are on the outside looking in. San Antonio is a city of 1.5 million people. It…

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania, and I want to pick up on what he has observed when he goes home to Pennsylvania, when he is traveling around this country. He has observed what I observe, having individuals pull me aside in an…

I have been listening to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle decrying the alleged lack of action by those on my side of the aisle with respect to gun violence and with respect to guns generally. {time} 1930 I think it is important…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I would note that my colleague on the other side of the aisle from Pennsylvania referred to the crisis that we are experiencing on the southern border as a ``fake'' crisis. I just want…

I thank the gentlewoman for the time. Mr. Speaker, of course, it is not fake. We are having to impact the entire country, and that is why I support the gentleman's bill, Schools Not Shelters. Yes, we passed other legislation, like H.R. 2…

A strategy that no state has ever before deployed, to stop people from entering Texas illegally.

I thank my friend from Pennsylvania for his comments. I think I have less than a minute left, and I will close with, as I said before, as General George Washington said on July 2, 1776, 247 years ago, on the day we actually declared…

In this 2 weeks following Independence Day, you do a lot of thinking if you are, as I assume my friend was, part of an Independence Day parade. There are a lot of patriotic Americans out there, particularly in flyover country, who love…

We're securing the border at the border.