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The prices of housing per square foot now has never been higher. If you have to have a minimum square footage to build a house, you are talking to first-time home buyers, and you are just saying, please do not bother thinking about being a…
I thank the gentleman for hosting this all important subject, really, on our entire country and the state of it. Last night, Americans tuned in to the State of the Union. The State of the Union is a very important address for the American…
The wallets of South Carolinians and all Americans have been negatively affected by the destructive decisions of Biden and the Democrat-led Congress destroying jobs. However, through the leadership of Governor Henry McMaster, with the…
Section 2: ``The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing…
The catastrophic Chinese spy balloon spectacle clearly threatened American families from Alaska to Missouri to North Carolina and to my home community in South Carolina with Fort Jackson and the Savannah River Site. This confirms that…
As a result of failing policies by Biden and the Democrat-led Congress, American families continue to feel the impact of 40-year-high inflation in their pocketbooks. Last year, the cost of everyday products and services rose exponentially…
I thank the gentleman and I appreciate him for putting this together. Mr. Speaker, as citizens of the United States of America, we are privileged to have a constitutional right of free speech. This right entitles us to the ability to…
Mr. President, yesterday on ABC's ``This Week,'' Senator Durbin asked Senator Booker and me to come back to the table and start talking about policing in America. I never left the table, but it was Senator Durbin who filibustered my…
On Saturday, I was grateful to attend the campaign kickoff for Donald Trump at the South Carolina State House in Columbia with the former President, Governor Henry McMaster, and Ambassador Ed McMullen. My public service has been committed…
The Biden policies are causing inflation across this country and not allowing America to come roaring back after the pandemic. The first thing he did was stop oil and gas production in this country--ended leases, stopped Federal…
I reserve a point of order against the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5 minutes.
The Democrats try to paint this picture that rising energy costs was Putin's war, Putin's gas hikes. I had to do some research. The gentleman from North Carolina tried to make this all about the war in Ukraine, the reason the President did…
Recollection serves me that you guys on that side of the aisle blocked an amendment or a bill that Republicans put up during the Trump administration that actually made this very point, to allow President Trump to buy oil at a low price…
The education of my colleagues continues. A plan? The administration in violation of the law that requires a 5-year drilling plan on OCS. I was on the MMS 5-year OCS drilling study committee. I know what the law is. The administration…
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Members of Congress are standing on this floor talking about buy low, sell high. I look back two Congresses ago during the Trump administration, and the Republicans stood on this floor…
This amendment seeks to delay the operation of the bill pending an unregulated contingency. Let me just say this: I was on the Natural Resources Committee for a while, and I think the person in the chair was on that committee, as well. I…
Once again, this amendment would further allow the President to abuse the SPR by draining it without declaring a national emergency under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, giving him the ability to once again use the SPR for…
I wish to speak on the point of order. This is absolutely germane. It is the same subject, and it meets all the rules. Mr. Chairman, I support the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Does any other Member wish to be heard on the point of order…