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I thank again Ranking Member Lofgren, particularly in light of her remarkable leadership in crafting and introducing this bill. I join both of my colleagues to shine a light on the deep and critical importance of H.R. 4143, the National…

I thank Ranking Member Lofgren for yielding time. I am standing before you here today in support of this incredible bicameral, bipartisan bill, the Fire Grant and Safety Act, which I am so pleased to be an original cosponsor of. I…

Today marks Teacher Appreciation Day, which is a chance to honor the educators who have guided us, inspired us, showed us kindness, and recognized our potential, and I want to thank just one of many today. Anyone who knows me knows I am a…

For some Palestinians from the river to the sea is a call for freedom and peace

I thank the panel for being here. I am sorry I had to leave. I was speaking at a quick luncheon.

Your ability to tolerate this behavior is completely unacceptable, and sometimes you do need to use the stick because disincentives work.

I am committed to ensuring that that we ease the burden for our small businesses in this critical market while also keeping consumers safe.

Healthcare is growing the economy and saving lives every single day in west Michigan, from the production of the COVID vaccine to innovative cancer research to medical devices that are being created right in my home, my backyard.

Let's not throw the baby out with the bath water. But let's make sure that we have effective regulations that are doing what they need to do but are not getting in the way of critical lifesaving drugs and medical devices.

This is such an incredibly important hearing. And I think, if we have learned anything from the questions today and the testimony, it is that this is about balance.

This is not on President Biden if it is President Trump who killed it.

President Biden would have signed that bill, the toughest border bill in history.

What happened was Mr. Trump decided he'd rather, literally, he'd rather campaign on the issue than solve the issue.

Let's pull that bill off the shelf. Let's all force a vote on it.

I know we have talked about the numbers, but I think it bears repeating. The Federal Government spent over $66 billion on illegal immigrants in 2023, according to the Federation for American Immigration.

Maybe we could find that out of that $66 billion, right, different between million and billion, big difference, we could funnel some more of that $66 billion to our homeless veterans.

We care about our homeless veterans. We care about our veterans, and yes, we care about them a little bit more than we care about people who have broken the law to get here illegally.

$3 billion. $66 billion on illegals, $3 billion on people who have laid down their lives for this country.