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Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or the SAVE Act. Mr. Speaker, under President Biden, nearly 5 million illegal aliens were released into the United States. Biden's failure at the…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER…
Mr. Speaker, free and fair elections are the foundation of any functioning democracy. The SAVE Act is a blatant attempt to undermine our election system, weaken American democracy, and unfairly suppress millions of eligible citizens from…
Mr. President, I join my colleague in expressing some frustration that we can't vote on the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It is the kind of stuff that drives people crazy back home for an individual that is the Chairman of the…
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation that will unlock the critical work the American people elected us to do. Let's not forget that the only reason we are in this position to be working on such important legislation is…
Mr. Speaker, this is a little bit unusual. I have comments on my friend Wes Watkins, as well. I want to talk a little bit off the cuff about the man that my good friend and colleague Frank Lucas was talking about a few minutes ago. Wes…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of my friend and colleague, the great Oklahoma Congressman, Wes Watkins. Wes originally took office as a Member of Congress in 1976 after serving 2 years in the Oklahoma Senate. He…
Mr. President, I look forward to working on a larger proposal in the days ahead, but that larger proposal is not going to move in the House in the next month or 2 months. In the meantime, we are going to have criminal organizations getting…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator Wyden and I both be able to complete our remarks before the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. President, I do appreciate so much my colleagues coming to the floor just to be able to talk about the scourge of fentanyl and what it is really doing in our communities. Senator Ricketts, Senator Moody, Senator Budd, and Senator…
Reserving the right to object, my friend from Oregon-- and we are friends, and we had the opportunity to be able to serve together, and we have worked on a lot of issues. He is correct, and I am glad to be able to see a larger proposal to…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. I thank the ranking member, Mr. Morelle, for his support and bipartisanship in coauthoring this legislation with me. This is an easy win for taxpayers, saving taxpayers $4 million using a…
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous material on this bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this is the Constitution Annotated, or CONAN, as it is better known today, weighing 8 pounds, 14 ounces. Its origins date back to 1797 when Congress passed legislation…
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1234) to direct the Librarian of Congress to promote the more cost-effective, efficient, and expanded availability of the Annotated Constitution and pocket-part supplements…
In December of 2024, the Department of Energy enacted new energy efficiency standards for walk-in coolers and freezers, equipment vital to pharmacies, convenience stores, food processing facilities, food banks, restaurants, and many other…
Mr. Speaker, I rise, obviously, in strong support of H.J. Res. 24, legislation that I authored which uses the Congressional Review Act to overturn regulations by the Biden administration. I was extremely excited this morning to be notified…
Mr. Speaker, I rise to strongly oppose H.J. Res. 24. It is baffling to me that amidst skyrocketing electricity costs, the highest they have been since the 1990s, we are talking about overturning commonsense energy efficiency standards…