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Am I happy with the deficits? No. We held it out as long as we could to get the cuts, as long as we could. We couldn’t do it. We live to fight another day.

I just want to compliment her for all the effort she has made to stand by Ukraine and make sure that this war ends in a way that is honorable and just. And we can stop the killing but do it in a way that we don't have future wars because…

So, let’s don’t get higher on our horse here that we’ve somehow made some major advancement of reducing spending, because we didn’t.

the Big Beautiful Bill Act is exactly what this country needs. It is bold. It is clear. It is packed with real solutions. While Democrats have buried their heads in the sand on the biggest issues facing America, Republicans are stepping…

history indicates President Donald Trump would have prevented the invasion of Ukraine by war criminal Putin as part of the Putin scheme to resurrect the failed Soviet Union by annexing Belarus, occupying Moldova, invading Georgia and then…

The Constitution is clear—and that of course is the supreme law of the land—that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion.

for too long American workers have shouldered the burden of trade policies that reward the Chinese Communist Party billionaires, destroying American jobs. Mr. Speaker, 3.8 million American jobs were lost to China from 2001 through early…

Many options may be available to district courts seeking to craft appropriate relief in response to deportations they find unlawful. But directing diplomatic negotiations to the Executive Branch is not among them.

I'm not going to kill it in Rules. It needs to go to the floor.

I’m excited about the changes we made, and I will vote present.

Suspending habeas corpus is the move of dictators and despots.

This spending bill is terrible, and I think the American people know that.

I never saw anything that allowed me to think that Joe Biden was not able to do the job. Just that simple.

progress was made on Medicaid work requirements and subsidies under the Inflation Reduction Act

To answer the gentleman's first question, if you are in good standing, then that means that you cannot have committed a felony.

The gentleman said it applied to grenade launchers, sawed-off shotguns, and the like. Those are permitted to be used, but they are not issued to an officer.

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2255, the Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act, will allow current or former Federal law enforcement officers in good standing to purchase a retired service weapon at salvage value from the Federal…