I thank the gentlewoman from Minnesota for yielding the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, here we are, a little more than 48 hours from a devastating government shutdown. The deadline to pass a Federal budget is already 3 months overdue…

To discuss our proposal, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Pressley).

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for holding this Special Order to discuss the issues of the impact of the Medicare cuts. In rural communities, like where I serve in south central and southwestern Pennsylvania, seniors rely on…

We have heard from our colleagues over the course of debate on this bill that they think that they need more discretion to spend TANF dollars, but if this bill were to pass, a pregnancy center would be unregulated. That is what the bill…

This report studies crisis pregnancy centers in Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota. Overall, its findings show that crisis pregnancy centers provided virtually no medical care, promoted…

I was reminded recently by my very good friend and great American, Tiffany Cloud, of another great American from my district, an avid writer and Marine Corps veteran, Lance Corporal Joseph Barna, whom I was pleased to meet several years…

This week the Pennsylvania State Police released a report outlining the amount of illegal drugs that have been seized in Pennsylvania during arrests in 2023. The facts of this report are shocking, showing that over 240 pounds of fentanyl…

This week marks 51 years since the Roe v. Wade decision was issued by the U.S. Supreme Court. Since that time, Americans have worked tirelessly to see that decision overturned. As a doctor, I swore an oath to first do no harm and to…

I represent many of the people who made the steel that built this country and who still make the steel this country relies on. We are seeing today, unfortunately, corporate executives, egged on by Wall Street, selling off U.S. Steel to a…

Over the weekend, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania kicked off one of my favorite events: The Pennsylvania Farm Show. For more than a century, farmers have gathered each January at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania…

I rise before you today to recognize a special day for our dairy farmers, National Milk Day. National Milk Day originates back to January 11, 1878, when milk was first delivered in glass bottles in the United States. Milk is consumed by…

That is right. In the remaining 1\1/2\ minutes, I will kind of end this where I started it out for all of us. We have got friends on the other side of the aisle here in this building, friends in the other party around the country in charge…

In the 4 minutes we have left, I am standing with great American patriots here that have decided to serve in Congress, do the right thing no matter what Washington, D.C., tells them. It seems to me--I don't know, maybe I am cynical, maybe…

In Washington, every time that you think you have seen it all and heard it all, you couldn't be surprised, amazed, disappointed, what have you, more than you already are, but it never fails to deliver. I am going to talk about a few things…

Well, Mr. Biggs of Texas, I am glad you brought that up. Now, on my trip home, I went to the airport in San Antonio. It was early in the morning. People are around, but, you know, we know what to look for because we have heard the stories…

So in the 5 minutes we have remaining, now, Mr. Crane is new here, so maybe he is excited to vote to continue that. I don't think he is, but that is between him and his constituents. Mr. Good was here not this last Christmas last month but…

It is the new year. Congress is back in session; students are back in school; and parents are preparing for the year ahead. For many families, that means figuring out childcare. I remember when I was a young mother running a small law firm…

My good friend from Virginia, I know you were there and talked to some of the folks, regular residents, not Border Patrol, not law enforcement, just people trying to get through their day as American citizens. I talked to a husband and…