David Schweikert

Tonight is going to be a tricky presentation, and I want to apologize immediately to those who have to try take down our words. But tonight, I am going to actually try to focus on solutions. Last week, I spent an hour behind this…

Even a criminal conviction would be an entirely separate matter.

Absolutely, but the fact that they broke the law, even committed a criminal offense, is simply a different question than whether there was clearly established law as to the constitutional violation they committed.

It's failed as a practical and moral matter because it has denied justice to victims whose rights have been violated.

Qualified immunity would apply in any such suit.

Qualified immunity applies across the board to all public officials who might be sued under section 1983.

I think part of it does, yes, sir.

I do agree with that. I think it's failed as a matter of law for reasons that Professor Reinert has already ably explained.

It is neat to see us actually have something that we are all doing together. A bit of trivia, at the end of this decade, 22 percent of our population will be 65 or older. Retirement security is--besides just the moral imperative--it is…

So, tucked into--now here is the great irony. So we found this, tucked into their thousands and thousands of pages of build back better, because, remember, on one hand, they are telling you, hey, we are going to make things more efficient…

I want to apologize right now, because I have had a lot of coffee, and I am just cranky today. I am just cranky. I also apologize for those who have to try to keep track. I will, on occasion, try to slow down. I torment them on occasion by…

We have a bit of the tyranny of the clock, as you know, so I am going to try to do this somewhat rapidly. There has been a lot of speechifying today. I am frustrated because I don't have an elegant or delicate way to say this, but people…

This is going to be one of those moments where you sort of walk through. We obviously had the State of the Union a couple nights ago. Instead of just sort of walking through my frustrations with it, I want to dice up a couple of things…

Last week, I got behind this microphone, and we were actually trying to show something that was a bit optimistic. But like everyone else on our side, the frustration we are going through on so many of the Democrat policies that I don't…

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Then when you are done doing your ride-along with the Phoenix city policeman, he is heartbroken. He has actually even moved out of the very neighborhood that he loved, that he has patrolled because even he thinks…

Before we begin, I actually want to yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Calvert). Honoring the Life of Tristan Krogius

We all get behind these microphones on occasion and we want to share something. And tonight, I am going to try to stay on a theme. I am going to try to walk through one of my intense frustrations around here that we keep making public…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I may have a slightly different tone here. I was born in an unwed mother's home in downtown L.A., and so were all my siblings. In my late thirties, I got an email out of nowhere, and it…

There are so many things we all want to talk about and share, and sometimes, as Members of Congress, we run in front of microphones and sort of do the shiny, loud object of the day because, let's face it, that gets us retweets and Facebook…

It is always impressive to hear Whip Clyburn speak. Madam Speaker, I am going to try something. We talked about this over our Christmas break, that the first floor speech should be one that would be a bit more positive. As we started to…

Tonight we are going to try to do sort an of an extension of the last couple of times I have been behind this microphone and have a discussion about what is actually going on with the big fiscal picture of our country. I am going to be a…

We are going to do a couple of things tonight. Most of it is going to be economic heavy. We are going to actually go over the Democrat's social spending bill and its economic effects. First, I wanted to touch on something that I am…

As we get ourselves sort of organized, last Monday, I did an entire hour here on the floor--55 minutes--and we actually did a presentation up and down the budget. Not this budget cycle, but basically what does our country look like over…

I am going to try something for the next hour, and it is going to be one of those presentations that is always a little on the difficult side because we are going to talk about things a lot of this place and a lot of the country doesn't…

I know this is a lot of boards, but in some ways you need it to try to drill in. We hate talking about this around here. I can't tell you--I will start to do these presentations even with some of my conservative brothers and sisters, and…