Steve Womack

Before I close, let me say, as most of my colleagues know and as Mr. Clyburn pointed out, my presence here today in the face of a terrible, personal hardship--the loss of my wife of over 41 years--I hope is indicative of the importance of…

I think a lot of us up here would agree that the federal bureaucracy has become bloated, but I think we need to be a little bit more precise in downsizing a department with a mission as critical.

Testing the boundaries a little, I would expect that.

I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge the last speaker, my friend, Earl Blumenauer. It was a source of pride for me to be here on the floor this morning and see the gentleman's last speech on the floor of the House of Representatives…

By the way, I have got to leave here in a minute and go meet with the city of Fort Smith board of directors.

This is not an attempt to undo the Guard. It is a very small number of people.

General Saltzman has a very small entity... but a very important one. His mission is absolutely critical in the country.

This is a very unusual situation we have. We created this Space Force, and we took people out of the Air Force and other services.

There are only about 578 people that will be affected by this. You know, the Guard is over 100,000.

I do think it is a bit dangerous, though, for us to enter into an era where we are usurping the authority of our Governors.

I can tell all of you the river valley in Arkansas is very excited to hear the sound of freedom beginning this fall, I guess, when the Polish show up.

Have you ever known China to operate under a continuing resolution?

Have you ever known Russia to operate under a continuing resolution?

I think we have a role in that and hopefully we can get to it.

I personally think it is the secret sauce in readiness that be gets our warfighters prepared and ready to fight and win.

The Houthis and all of the Iranian proxies are like that old schoolyard bully. They only understand strength, and they need to be--we need to punch back.

I thank my friend from South Carolina for yielding. Look, I am just going to be really brief. What we don't need is a disruption of innovation. That is what we don't need. What we do need in the financial industry are clear rules of the…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida will be postponed. Amendment No. 55 Offered by Mr. Good of Virginia The Acting…

The fact is the building is crumbling, and there is going to be a need to do something. What that something is, I am not an expert on. I think it would be wrong for us to be taking this action today pursuant to this amendment without…

In the interest of time, this list goes on and on, to the tune of about 50 proposed and finalized rules by Chairman Gensler, a breakneck speed of rulemaking given that he has been Chairman for 3 years. To me, it is unacceptable, and we…

I would say, notwithstanding the fact that these Federal agencies engage in law enforcement activities, whether it is IRS or FBI, it doesn't make any difference. They are engaged in some very dangerous activities. Notwithstanding the fact…

As I mentioned before in the previous debate, we had a robust debate in full committee and adopted an amendment which capped IRS firearms and ammunition levels as of July 13, 2023. I think that is reasonable. This amendment would remove…

I claim the time in opposition to the gentlewoman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arkansas is recognized for 5 minutes.

Let me correct the record on one thing my friend said. He referred to the continuing resolution that expires not February 17, but this month, November 17. I just didn't want him to give the American people the appearance that we had a lot…