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Mr. Speaker, I will take the next half hour to talk about the national debt, our spending, and our deficit. Somebody asked how big is our national debt? Well, Federal debt is $32 trillion. The $32 trillion mark arrived 9 years sooner than…
I am proud to testify in support of H.R. 2997, my Clifton Opportunities Now for Vibrant Economic Yields, the CONVEY Act.
We have just identified the process for one agency or one program to be reauthorized. We are talking about 1,100 unauthorized programs that Congress needs to authorize before it appropriates money to them. That is not even including the…
By introducing the CONVEY Act, which directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey 31.1 acres of land...
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 22; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the…
I urge this committee to support this legislation and allow the economic potential that lies within this land to be realized.
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following set of resolutions: S. Res. 261, S. Res. 262, S. Res. 263, and S. Res. 264. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to…
I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to; the preambles, where applicable, be agreed to; and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, Congressman Doug Lamborn and Congressman Ken Buck are working toward a common-sense solution...
Justice for you, but not for me. Is that what's coming out now?
Mr. President, I understand that there is a bill at the desk that is due for a second reading. The clerk will read the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 277) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States…
Madam President, I have 16 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the…
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the President of the Senate be authorized to appoint a committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like committee on the part of the House of Representatives to escort His Excellency…
Madam President, I am sorry I didn't have the chance to say thank you to our colleague from Connecticut for his speech tonight about loneliness in the United States. I was grateful that he gave it and grateful that he is in the Senate and…
We must either be on the side of a system of justice that ensures fair and equal treatment for all or you're on the side of a system that caters to the privileged and the powerful.
Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Schweikert) to ask some questions. How much do we currently pay to service the debt?
Let me ask another one: How many submarines, nuclear submarines, do we get for that money? How many people get help, food for pregnant moms? How many do we feed with that money?