Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 47 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until Monday, September 16, 2024, at 4 p.m. ____________________

Well, it has been about 6 weeks now since Congress last met, and I think it is time to review some of the major issues of the day that I do not feel the mainstream press is doing an adequate job of covering. We continue to have people…

I would warn you trying to raise marginal tax rates to the extent you want to is going to really harm economic growth.

the Chairman's solution to this is tax the wealthy.

You are going to pay in. We are going to save this money for you, and then you are going to pay it out in retirement.

This would literally turn at least a good chunk of Social Security into more of a general welfare program.

the top one percent taxpayers pays more than 40 percent of the total income tax burden.

I would warn you trying to raise marginal tax rates to the extent you want to is going to really harm economic growth.

Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman from Ohio for his leadership. Mr. Chair, who do you want in charge of a pandemic policy in the United States? Do you want the corrupt globalists at the World Health Organization in charge of it, or do you…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Newhouse) for introducing this very important and long-overdue piece of legislation. According to the USDA, as of 2022, foreign individuals held an interest in over 43 million acres…

You are going to pay in. We are going to save this money for you, and then you are going to pay it out in retirement.

the top one percent taxpayers pays more than 40 percent of the total income tax burden.

This would literally turn at least a good chunk of Social Security into more of a general welfare program.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Sarpy County Sheriff Jeff Davis, who has announced his retirement after one-half century of service. Sheriff Davis began his career as a 911 dispatcher at 18 years old. After gaining experience on the…

Back then it is kind of hard to get the exact number of workers versus beneficiaries.

the solution here is to really kind of break with the original concept of this being a you pay into the system and you get what you pull out.

the Chairman's solution to this is tax the wealthy.

I think you are not going to get even close to the revenue you think you are going to get, because you are going to create a huge disincentive for work.