I respect the presidency, even though I don't have a lot of respect for what this President is doing.

This is a President who needs to explain himself.

This is a vaunted tradition. I want to be here and show my respect to the institutions that I think [President Donald Trump] in many ways is disrespecting.

This is not about performance politics. Let's leave that to the carnival barker that he's been in the past.

This is very similar to that in the sense that they control the House, they control the Senate, they control the White House, they have the levers of power, but they're not delivering.

As I mentioned, I am very much opposed to this resolution, and a big part of it is because I think it will cost the American taxpayers and the Federal Government more money. The CBO has a preliminary cost estimate for this resolution, and…

Again, I am a little confused. If the gentleman--if Mr. Griffith's comment was about the fact that we cannot bring up Elon Musk, who is essentially in charge of so many government programs, including everything at the EPA--again, I was in…

May I inquire as to how much time remains on each side. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New Jersey has 12\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Virginia has 19\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I would like to ask about this parliamentary inquiry. I yield myself such time if I can that there was a ruling on. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman have a parliamentary inquiry?

Again, $7.2 billion to have dirtier air, a more unstable climate, and waste more gas. I mean, it is really unbelievable. Republicans have spent years getting mad about the deficit, but as we saw yesterday, the first chance they got, they…

Well, the problem that I have, Mr. Speaker, unless I misunderstood--yes, it would be a parliamentary inquiry. Unless I misunderstood, Mr. Griffith was criticizing Mr. Tonko because he mentioned Elon Musk in the context of this debate. I…

My question is, could you repeat that ruling and what it was about? Was it about Elon Musk? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair had advised Members that under clause 1 of rule XVII, remarks in debate must be confined to the subject under…

All right. I don't have an-- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman may be recognized for debate.

I thank our chairman for his work on this bill. Mr. Speaker, the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, was an essential milestone in the progress of all humanity toward a more fair, just, and democratic society. It is…

In reserving the right to object, this is why I am down here today--really, literally, at this point--and I want to jump here. I thank the Presiding Officer for recognizing me. I truly appreciate that, but this gets me excited because this…

I ask unanimous consent that the privileges of the floor be granted to the following members of my staff: Durva Trivedi, during the pendency of her legal fellowship, until September 12, 2025; and Zachary Rosenfeld and Rachelle Domond…

we are dealing with a crisis that all hundred Members of this body understand has taken the lives of hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people, and that is the scourge of fentanyl. One of the things we have been doing as a result of…

I am standing in opposition. During their campaigns, Donald Trump and my Republican colleagues promised to get to work to lowering prices for the American people. This budget is a betrayal of that promise. It is a betrayal of millions of…