You know, I sponsored some legislation in Tennessee where actually people that abused children were given the death penalty.

I think that legislation is very important that directly deals with the CSAM issue.

You are asking for the ability to redirect or reprogram, is the technical term you use, to reprogram ICE funding to those sorts of purposes.

This is a plain reading of the language here. You are asking for breathtaking authority to reprogram to defund ICE.

I think it is so important that we include that in this. This should have been a life in prison sentence for what was done. You know, I will say to my Democratic colleagues what I said about Michael Delaney's nomination: For the sake of…

My amendment increases and decreases to emphasize the importance of restoring public safety and the rule of law on the D.C. Metro. While it primarily is focusing on crime on the Metro, I would be remiss if I failed to mention that law and…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 61, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000)(reduced by $1,000,000)''. The…

Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee considered several of President Biden's recent judicial appointments. I would have thought that they would have figured out by now that they hit rock bottom a few months ago with some of these…

I thank the chairwoman for her leadership and bringing this crucial security package that provides much-needed aid and support for Israel, our greatest ally in the Middle East. Israel has every right to defend herself from terrorists who…

The Democrats have been hard at work revising American history, from the removal of statues to renaming military bases. They truly believe they can and should erase the history and progress we have made since our Nation was founded for…

I go back to my original statement. The Federal Government has no business renaming towns and erasing our history. That should be left to local and State entities to decide. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end, before the short title, insert the following: mineral leasing act modernization Sec. ___. None…

I urge adoption at a time of inflation, at a time when we are growing energy dependent on our enemies. It is time that we cull back this alarmism. It is time that we cull back these slush funds. It is time that we do the right thing and…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 193, after line 2, insert the following: Sec. 493. None of the funds made available by this Act shall…

I thank my colleague for wishing that I find oil in my yard. I hope I do, but that being said, I joke. Mr. Chairman, let me just say that this is a step in the right direction to have a more responsible energy policy. It is lowering the…

I will point out that a $6.5 billion hike on oil and gas development isn't going to decrease inflation. It increases underlying costs. When you look at commodities across sectors, everything has gone up-- food, oil, et cetera--because of…

At a time of, again, increased dependency on our enemies, my amendment addresses the royalty rates that were imposed by the Biden administration through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. We can see today that it did nothing to reduce…

The Environmental Financial Advisory Board, or the EFAB, was chartered under the 1972 Federal Advisory Committee Act. The EFAB boasts of making recommendations that would supposedly lower the cost of environmental protection…