Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, as we wrap up this so-called debate today, I want to remind everyone of something that they are not seeing on the news every day like they were several months ago, and that is hordes coming across our southern border. I want to remind people of how much the illegal drugs and human trafficking have stopped on our southern border. I remind people of that because it was just a few weeks ago that President Trump stood in this Chamber. He addressed the joint session of Congress, and he said something that I think was the most important thing he said that night. He said that we have come to find out we didn't really need different laws. We just needed different leadership. This debate, as my friends will maybe want to call it a debate, has been really nothing but an attack on President Trump. They are using this piece of legislation to go at President Trump. I want to remind everybody of something President Trump has said many times. He said: ``They are coming after me because I am standing up for you.'' That is exactly what is happening today. They are coming after this piece of legislation and equating it to President Trump because he is standing up for the American people. This legislation before us simply follows through on a day one executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I thank Congresswoman Greene for advancing it. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Taylor). All time for debate has expired. Pursuant to House Resolution 377, the previous question is ordered on the bill, as amended. The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was read the third time. Motion to Recommit”