We’ve needed some of these security measures for a long time. And that’s what this is all about.

We live in a very dangerous time and there are new and increasing threats that we have never faced before.

If I am to be pilloried on the floor of the United States House, let us get the facts correct. First, I am sure that WJHL, a television station, would not appreciate being called a newspaper. Second, let me read you the first quote…

Mr. President, there are reports that the government will be reopened tonight or tomorrow morning, and all I can say is, it is about time. It has been 40 days too long.

I think we can do better than just hiding the costs of high healthcare and high health insurance costs by the Federal Government spending billions more.

the Jones Act is a law that we have had for over a hundred years, enacted by Congress, and it simply says that cargo moving between two points in the United States should move on an American-built, American-owned, and American-crewed ship…

What if we give the patient the power? What if we say it goes to an account that she controls, that she can spend on her physician, her dental care, her prescriptions, on her eyeglasses?

I will not vote for this resolution. While I stand firmly and without hesitation against all forms of violence, I cannot support language that requires us to praise a man who so often showed disdain and disrespect for others.

I want to reiterate what my friend here has explained. It is this weekend, on May 17th, that our country is going to mark the National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise, and Thanksgiving. As he noted, that date marks exactly two and a half…

We need to talk now. We can't just like come up on the vote and suddenly have a solution.

Mr. Speaker, it is a humbling moment for us to acknowledge that we are failed and fallen humans in the presence of God in service to our fellow man standing in the Chamber of the people's House. We have been reminded that there are 23…

Let's trust the American people, Mr. President. Let's give power to the patients, not billions to the insurance companies.

I want to thank the 12 Louisiana firefighters who recently left their homes and families to provide critical support for people in Texas after devastating flooding earlier this month.

a very safe environment to do events like that.

the Democrats have held the Department of Homeland Security hostage for 68 days with the shutdown. This discussion is about funding ICE, Border Patrol, and paying the men and women who keep our country safe. The Senator is using childcare…

protecting the integrity of elections is a constitutional principle. That is why I am a proud cosponsor of the SAVE America Act requiring a photo ID when someone goes to vote. Now, Americans have to show a photo ID or proof of citizenship…

I am so honored just to stand in this august body in support of my friend and brother, Tim Reitz. It is bittersweet because we are going to miss him. We are going to miss him within the heart of the Freedom Caucus. His counsel, his wisdom…

Mr. Speaker and colleagues, our hearts are broken tonight, as they have been since Sunday morning. Everyone has seen the stories in the news out of my hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana, a city that is represented in part by Congressman…