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It defies common sense that mutilation improves mental health.

For the love of God, to everyone who promotes these terrible ideologies, desist, stop.

A good process builds good policy, which builds good politics.

Mr. Speaker, this morning, we lost one of our greatest Americans, and today, I rise along with my colleagues representing all of Arizona, Republicans and Democrats alike, to honor the life and legacy of the most influential Arizonan in…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank our colleagues for standing in respect of a great woman. She was not only a great woman for Arizona but a great woman and trailblazer for all women across America. As was said…

Mr. Speaker, I ask the House to join me in a moment of silence. ____________________

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember and honor the life of Freddy Ortiz, a devoted CBP agent who tragically lost his life in the line of duty. On November 13, Agent Ortiz was responding to reports of illegal border activity when he was…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Sabino High School football team, who recently won the Arizona's 3A Division State Championship defeating their opponent 68-46. This win holds special significance in my district because this is…

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor the remarkable efforts of Debi and Mark Hall for their activism and their fight against Alzheimer's disease. Earlier this year, I had the privilege of sitting down and speaking with the Halls, as well as…

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 224, noes 203, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 7, as…

Mr. Chair, I rise in support of this amendment. This amendment draws attention to the dubious and deceptive strategy of placing migrants on buses under false pretenses and without any coordination or even a courtesy call. Both Governor…

Madam Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez), a distinguished member of the Natural Resources Committee.

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I think a soft reminder is important now, as we point to these asylum seekers and those who are seeking refugee status in this country and those who are going through the immigration…

Mr. Chairman, yes, elections do have consequences, and one of the responsibilities that elections provide to the United States Congress and the House of Representatives, let me remind my colleagues, is our broken immigration system, and…

Mr. Chairman, as a reminder, seeking asylum is a human, legal right protected by international law and United States law, period. Instead of wishing that that was not the case, Republicans should work with Democrats and the administration…

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, it is interesting to hear my Republican counterparts wax eloquently about their concerns for our national parks during this debate. They didn't say a word about the…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. We have heard the argument today, and indeed for years now, that migrants crossing our border are the primary ones responsible for the tens of thousands of American lives tragically…

Mr. Chairman, again, in our view, this amendment is unnecessary, but it is not actively harmful, either. I hope we can move on. I hope that everybody is satisfied, that they got their little clips done in terms of being strong, hard…