No President whether named Obama or Trump or Biden or AOC has unilateral power to rewrite immigration law or to cut taxes or to raise taxes. This is because America doesn't have kings.
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Unconstitutional slop is what Republican Senator Ben Sasse called the executive actions.
I appreciate the gentleman yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support the Water Resources Development Act of 2020. I appreciate the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure bringing us a strong bipartisan product, of…
The bill we are considering today is not a path forward. It is a rehash of partisan ideas. We can do better. The American people expect us to do better. Republicans have constructive ideas to offer with demonstrated bipartisan support.
I want to thank Ranking Member Granger for yielding. But first, let me acknowledge the service of our chair, Mrs. Lowey. I am so grateful for her graciousness, friendship, and especially the extraordinary example the gentlewoman sets in…
I thank the ranking member for the time, and perhaps we can continue that discussion in another venue because today I am rising in support of this act. Mr. Speaker, a while back I was at the Library of Congress and I met the famous…
I would also like to praise the chairman for the work he does. Flying around the world can be hard on bodies. When you have all the work you have to do at home and you go around the world and you encourage freedom-loving people--I know…
I thank the gentleman for yielding, as well as Mr. DeFazio for his leadership on this bill. Mr. Speaker, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act, I believe, is the single most exciting policy development in the conservation space in decades…
I thank the Senator for his question. I told the Senator from Maryland I would get out of his way, and I thank him for the time. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Loeffler). The Senator from Maryland is recognized. Justice in Policing Act
There are so many different procedures in the Judiciary Committee. You defined yourself as a rookie who has been here for 7 years. I am a rookie to your rookie, and I am new on Judiciary. So there are a lot of ways. The way you are…
If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:31 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at 10 a.m…
Our world has changed. Who could imagine just 3 short months ago where we would be right now as this silent avenger has threatened life, the life that we knew, and we suddenly found ourselves quarantined in our homes and apartments with…
I am going to remove my mask as I speak. We are appropriately socially distanced here. I am grateful for the time. Before I begin my own remarks, I am going to yield to the honorable gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Shimkus), a senior member…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Steve called me recently. He has one of the businesses that has been hardest hit by coronavirus. He is down 90 percent. We talked through some issues. Steve decided to fight back. He got in line early…
I did not come to the U.S. House of Representatives to vote for stimulus packages or bailouts. I didn't come here to spend trillions of dollars or grow the size of government. However, the situation we are in today, in the United States…
I personally believe you will always be known as one of the greats in our Air Force, and I just want to applaud the great work you have done.