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Mr. Chair, my amendment would withhold U.S. contributions from the corrupt and scandal-plagued United Nations. It is about time. Despite making up less than 5 percent of the world's population, Americans remain the largest single state…

Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the…

Mr. Chair, I was not present for 30 roll call votes in the House today. Had I been present, I would have voted in the following manner: NO on Roll Call No. 297, Brecheen Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 8771; NO on Roll Call No. 298, Brecheen…

Mr. Chair, let's go back to 1979. The executive branch sometimes does not get it right, as we saw with President Jimmy Carter who adopted the One China policy here and Congress had to step in with the Taiwan Relations Act in order to make…

Mr. Chair, I urge a ``yes'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Garbarino). The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Tiffany). The amendment was agreed…

Mr. Chair, I am being whipsawed here. We looked at the previous amendment that I offered with a chance to stand up against the PRC in reference to Taiwan, and we hear a ``no'' vote is urged. Now we are being told that the PRC is going to…

Mr. Chair, I couldn't reach the voting machine. Had I been present, I would have voted AYE on Roll Call No. 300. Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Burchett The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on…

Madam Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment. Madam Chair, listen to the Orwellian language that we heard from the other side here in regard to irregular migration. This is laundering that is going on. This is laundering via the…

Mr. Chairman, my amendment would prevent the enforcement of arbitrary, self-imposed State Department rules that limit communication between U.S. officials and their counterparts in Taiwan. In essence, these guidelines are designed to…

Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the…

Their residents have an unrivaled interest in ensuring that nearby public lands are properly managed for generations to come.

Mr. Chair, I urge all Members to support this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has the only time remaining.

Congress will be required to reclaim its Title I authority and do the job it was always intended to do under the Constitution.

I am deadly serious about that, and I am amazed that you and I found common accord, and I appreciate it.

Executive overreach like this is why many Americans are frustrated with the Federal Government.

No one who has a soul can look at those pictures and say that having an artificial date of 2030 established for 50 percent of our fleet to be electrified is worth a single child working in slavery.

Mr. Chairman, this is the appropriate forum to bring this before. It is to deny funding for something that is no longer temporary. This has become, we might as well rename it PPS, permanent protective status rather than TPS. This is the…

As Chairman of this Subcommittee, I have worked tirelessly to ensure the perspectives of local communities are included in both the decision-making process and the subsequent management of our Federal lands.