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Mr. President, unfortunately, due to COVID-19, I was unable to attend the September 30 rollcall vote No. 247 on passage of the bill H.R. 5860, a bill making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024 and for other purposes, which…
Today I pay tribute to a legendary Lansing family that has broken barriers across generations and continues to make history to this very day. The story begins in 1927 when the family matriarch, Ms. Hortense Canady, was born in Chicago…
While we often recognize noteworthy and acclaimed personalities, we have so many other great, unsung heroes and amazing souls who do a ton of heavy lifting with little to no recognition. Yet, if truth be told, they serve as the glue…
Today I honor a man who was a trailblazer in athletics and education and used his talents to break barriers and change the lives of generations of young people. Dr. Samuel Edward Holloway lived to serve others: his Nation, his community…
Today I pay tribute to two of the most beloved residents to ever call the St. Johns, Michigan, community home: Orrin and Luvina Wilson. Settling in Clinton County post-Civil War, the Wilsons were a ``power couple'' before the term existed…
I pay tribute to a basketball coaching legend who helped lead the Michigan State University Spartans men's basketball team to 19 NCAA tournaments, 10 Big Ten championships, 7 Final Fours, and a national championship. As impressive as those…
I ask for unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…
Today I pay tribute to two members of the Michigan State University faculty who have contributed to the rich artistic landscape of our great State and helped shape the next generation of musical talent, all set to a distinctive jazz beat…
Each year in February, we have the opportunity to study the past and use it as a learning tool to move closer to a future of social equity for all. As we are now in the midst of Black History Month, it is both fitting and necessary that we…
Today I honor the groundbreaking service of a Livingston County woman who never even planned to live in the area, much less to make history there. Fortunately, life had its own plans for Elsie McPherson-Brown, and the community is so much…
The last Secretary of Homeland Security appointed by a Democratic President once described a border crisis as more than 1,000 Border Patrol encounters per day. In December last year, we averaged nearly 10 times that number. Perhaps most…
I want everyone to know and to be very clear that every month in the 12th Congressional District is Black History Month. I was born and raised in the most beautiful, Blackest city in the country: the city of Detroit. Countless Black…
Here we go again, sending $17.6 billion of U.S. tax dollars with no conditions attached to Netanyahu's extremist government to drop more bombs on innocent Palestinians. The Israeli Government has already killed 27,000 people, 11,500 of…
The Biden administration just announced a total pause on new export permits for liquid natural gas, all in the name of climate change. I am from Michigan, the Great Lakes State. We all love clean air and clean water. Michigan is the home…
I thank my colleague, the Representative from the Northern Mariana Islands. We have worked on this a long time, and it is worthy of the time spent. Let me close with some heartbreaking statistics to remind my colleagues of why we have done…
I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for taking this opportunity tonight to remind us that on January 26, inexplicably, President Biden announced an indefinite ban on pending LNG export projects. I wish it were indefinite, but I believe…
Trafficking is modern-day slavery, period. Trafficking goes against our country's founding values of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, so it is all the more heartbreaking and frustrating to know this crime is happening in our…
I have no further requests for time, and I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.