Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the inclusion of Community Project Funding in the bipartisan appropriations package that Congress will vote on this week. The appropriations process known as Community Project Funding is what I…

It is just maddening. Mr. Pondiscio, in the last few years we have seen parents in traditional public schools get silenced, excluded and shamed for simply wanting to be part of their children's education.

Madam Speaker, the Biden administration is desperate to shore up support before the November election. It is so desperate, in fact, it has announced its intent to co-opt the Federal Work-Study Program and begin paying college students to…

Do you realize that you do not have to pay a dime to apply for this?

I want to do it to protect the veteran and not to have these people rip off qualified veterans.

Mr. Speaker, as our Nation faces a myriad of catastrophes, one of which is an open southern border and the mass migration of illegal aliens, Washington's fiscal house sits in utter disrepair. That is the reality we face. If we don't grasp…

Mr. Speaker, history has its eyes on us. Right now we are facing the most critical threat to the rules-based order since World War II. The entire free world is at risk as the autocratic Vladimir Putin and his brutal, barbaric army are…

Mr. Speaker, on February 24, 2022, the world watched with alarm as Russia invaded Ukraine. Since the start of the invasion, over 100,000 Ukrainians have died fighting to defend Ukraine's sovereignty and the broader principles of freedom…

Madam Speaker, at this very moment, America's dedicated farmers and the Nation's entire agricultural community are facing a serious threat. That threat is the Communist Chinese Party's continued purchasing of American farmland. This is a…

It is crucial to bring these worlds together to ensure that firefighters and first responders possess the knowledge and the technical capabilities that they need to respond to EV fires safely and effectively.

I believe there are tremendous opportunities for scientific research to reduce these risks by advancing our understanding of why lithium-ion batteries react in these ways.

I am proud to say that my home State of North Carolina has become a leader in the development and the deployment of EVs here in the U.S.

Electric vehicles are a critical piece of America's clean energy transition.

The issue of firefighter safety is very near and dear to me.

Mr. Speaker, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, we knew extreme MAGA Republicans wouldn't stop with attacking abortion rights. We knew they would come for birth control. I introduced the Right to Contraception Act to codify…

Mr. Speaker, this Black History Month, I am highlighting the long and rich history of Bennett College, an all-woman HBCU in my hometown, Greensboro, North Carolina. For over 150 years, Bennett College has been a beacon of social justice in…

However, since January 2021, the Biden Administration has released nearly 3.5 million people into the United States and is threatening to release thousands more for purely political reasons.

I think you would agree with me that the proposed Fiduciary Rule is a solution in search of a problem?