Mr. President, Mayor Royce Pollard, a dedicated public servant and champion for Vancouver, WA, passed away on February 24, 2025. Before his time in local government, Mayor Pollard led a distinguished career in the U.S. Army that included…

Mr. President, I rise today to recognize and commend the distinguished public service of King County executive Dow Constantine, who concludes 16 years of exemplary leadership at the helm of King County government. Since first taking office…

Mr. President, when it comes to new tax breaks for billionaires, Republicans are going to work around the clock and stay through the night. But when it comes to stopping Trump's trade war for good, when it comes to stopping a tax increase…

Mr. Speaker, April 19 will mark 30 years since the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in the United States, when 168 innocent lives were taken on that quiet morning in Oklahoma City. As many as 750 people were hurt, and thousands more…

Mr. President, I come here today to urge my colleagues to vote no on the nomination of Mark Meador to be the FTC Commissioner. But before I do that, I did want to take a moment and talk about today's actions that happened when the…

Mr. Speaker, the Republican majority leader said: You can be what you want in America. That is what he said, but you can't be what you want in Republicans' America. Factually, the top 1 percent of billionaires and millionaires in America…

Mr. Speaker, we have all talked about thinning forests, making them more resilient. We talked about the risk of catastrophic wildfire. We passed a big infrastructure bill a couple years ago, and part of that was not just protecting roads…

Mr. Speaker, I would like to echo some of those comments because I am also in the West, in Washington State, and we are seeing the risk of catastrophic wildfires increasing every year. Because all of this is being done under the guise of…

Mr. Speaker, I will tell you something about the town of Roslyn in my district. It is a small town, completely surrounded by forest, and this forest is at high risk for catastrophic wildfire. In fact, it was incredibly important to the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 1526, a bill that would prohibit district courts from issuing nationwide injunctions. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle want you to believe that somehow these nationwide injunctions…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Blake Schwarz, a constituent of mine from Chadwick, Illinois, who lost his life to suicide 2 years ago, leaving behind a loving wife and a daughter who he never had a chance to meet. Blake…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 6 o'clock and 41 minutes p.m.), the House adjourned until tomorrow, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at noon. ____________________

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my frustration and outrage with the Trump administration's reckless cuts to our Forest Service. The workforce that takes care of our forests, harvests timber, and makes them resilient to wildfires is…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Representative Takano for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my support for my bill, H.R. 970, the Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act of 2025. I first thank Chairmen Bost and Luttrell and…

What the president is doing is, instead of building those alliances, he basically is getting into a trade war that is having unbelievable impact.

So usually you don't get first introduction and get so many people on board, but I think it shows the anxiety that people have.

I think the president's math is wrong. I think he doesn't know the calculus is going to be so devastating to American consumers.