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Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Indiana? There was no objection.
I really hope you are able to address these concerns with Representative Maloy and commit to supporting the legislation.
Mr. Speaker, I just have two words to say. H.R. 2, we passed that 8 months ago. That was the Secure the Border Act. The Democrats own that. Mr. Speaker, 211 Democrats voted against that legislation. I would also note that, since Joe Biden…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, we have before us the opportunity to move legislation that could unleash growth and increase prosperity for Americans across the country in the Expanding Access to Capital…
Mr. Speaker, even in 2021, there were double the amount of overdose deaths than firearm deaths in the United States, and the dramatic increase in overdose deaths, particularly due to fentanyl, are a direct result of Joe Biden's broken…
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to include in the Record an article dated October 28, 2022, in Fortune magazine by the Associated Press entitled, ``Fentanyl and related drugs are killing more people than guns and cars combined. Many…
Mr. Speaker, my colleague on the other side of the aisle says that this is on us, on Republicans, because of our inaction, but we passed H.R. 2, the actual strongest border bill that we have ever seen. We passed H.R. 2 8 months ago, maybe…
Madam Speaker, last night the Rules Committee met and produced a rule, House Resolution 1052, providing for the House's consideration of several pieces of legislation. The rule provides for H.R. 2799, the Expanding Access to Capital Act…
Madam President, I rise today to join Senator Durbin and Senator Graham--thank you for organizing this--Senator Cornyn and Senator Hawley and others who believe it is long past time to update and change our laws in this digital world. As…
one of my great frustrations with the IIJA was that it was drafted without the input of a single Republican Member of Congress.
I have helped introduce the Rebuilding Rural Roads Act, which Congressman Finstad from southern Minnesota and I lead.
I also have cosponsored the Simplifying Grants Act, which would require Government agencies to simplify the difficult process.
the definition in statute for 'rural' is, as you know, 200,000 people or less.
Mr. Speaker, you know what is a joke? The joke is that the bill that Democrats proposed in the Senate, with some Republican support, was the strongest border bill in history. That is the joke. That bill would do nothing more than codify…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I want to comment on my colleague's comments about this not going through a regular process. That is just not really correct. The House Judiciary Committee has held seven…
Mr. President, I am here to talk about a provision in the appropriations bills that was unveiled just yesterday. I thank my colleagues for their work on these bills--it has been incredible--and the bipartisan effort in the Senate and the…
This flawed, renewable-energy-only approach also jeopardizes vital revenue to states and the Federal Government.