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Mr. President, everyone here--everyone here--everybody in the audience, everybody watching on C-SPAN has a loved one or knows of someone whom they have loved who has either overdosed or died, actually, from an overdose of fentanyl--an…
Mr. President, recognizing that there has been an objection, I would like to point out a couple of things, though. As regards permanently scheduling fentanyl-related substances would do nothing to limit overdoses: Congress has extended…
Do you know why our Democratic colleagues oppose this report? Do you know why, Madam Speaker? They don't want clear, fresh, precise data provided to the American people on how many attacks uniformed law officers suffer every year. They…
Mr. President, I rise today to honor a staffer on my team, Zoe Aguillard, who has served the people of Louisiana for 7 years, the fourth-ranking member of my office, a staffer whom I relied upon during my time in the Senate, who is now…
Madam President, I speak in support of renaming the post office in Rayville, LA, as the Luke Letlow Post Office Building in memory of a great American, Luke Letlow. Luke was a public servant, father, and husband in his short life of 41…
We passed a bill out of the House in July of last year in a strong bipartisan manner, a vote of 351-69, despite the fact that we have been in this incredibly challenging and polarizing Congress. We came together because of the importance…
In August of this year, we are going to hit the 234th birthday of the United States Coast Guard. We have seen profound changes in the Coast Guard's mission. They perform the jobs of probably a dozen Federal agencies over water. They do a…
I just want to quickly respond to my friend from Texas and the comments about the offshore energy industry. I represent south Louisiana. We have six States that produce offshore energy: Alaska, California, Texas Louisiana, Mississippi, and…
I want to simply explain what we are talking about here. Mr. Speaker, you could have a citizen of Russia who illegally crosses our southern border, pays cartels, comes across our southern border, and decides to set up shop in California…
I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Scalise of Louisiana moves to lay the resolution on the table. Mr. SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to…
The gentleman from Maryland stated that this bill is perhaps unconstitutional. Under our Constitution, he has every right to lead an article III challenge to the constitutionality of this bill, which I expect that they will. My Democrat…
I thank Mr. Biggs for leading this debate, and I thank Mr. Davidson for his co-leadership on this bill. Mr. Speaker, I will tell you what is an insult. The current situation is an insult to the American people, the citizens who live here…
Similarly, illegal aliens who are deportable have no allegiance or enduring tie to the United States. Foreigners here on visas have an allegiance politically and legally to their home countries, not to the United States, so the same logic…
Today we are going to be voting on legislation to name a post office in Rayville, Louisiana, after Congressman-elect Luke Letlow. Madam Speaker, I had known Luke for many, many years and had the chance to work with him. I want to tell you…
I thank the gentleman from Kansas for yielding. I appreciate the commentary of my friend and colleague, the ranking member of the Oversight and Accountability Committee, Representative Raskin. It may interest you to know, Mr. Speaker, that…
I thank my colleague for yielding time. I had prepared remarks, but let me just speak from my heart. It is a beautiful gesture that this body can name a post office after our friend and colleague, Luke Letlow, in honor of his service and…
I thank my friend from Kansas for yielding. Especially having Julia Letlow, our colleague, here, it is bittersweet for us in the Louisiana delegation, for all of us in Congress, those of us who knew Luke--I got to know him so well over so…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise today in support of H.R. 7423, a bill to designate the United States Post Office in Rayville, Louisiana, after our dear friend and our former Louisiana Fifth District Congressman, Luke Letlow. In…