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Rubén Gallego is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Arizona's 7th congressional district since January 6, 2015. Born on November 20, 1979, he has focused on issues such as veterans' affairs, immigration reform, and education during his time in office. Gallego, a former Marine, has been an advocate for military families and has worked to improve access to healthcare for veterans. He has also been involved in efforts to address gun violence and climate change.
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 Arizona will be postponed. Amendment No. 52 Offered by Mr. Byrne The Acting CHAIR. It is now…
Let's face it: Ranchers who refuse to pay what they owe the Federal Government are freeloaders, pure and simple. If you don't pay your taxes, you go to jail. If you don't pay your mortgage, you get your house taken away. Ranchers are not…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. No funds appropriated by…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…
I thank Representative Lieu for his comments during this Special Order. To finish, we had a President who said he was going to come and drain the swamp. Scott Pruitt is the swamp. He is the biggest swamp monster there is right now when it…
Number five, first class travel: Pruitt has spent over $100,000 on first class commercial travel since entering office, citing security concerns, apparently not satisfied with his $3.5 million currently spent on security escort. Let me…
If I had the opportunity to get you $25 billion and you had to choose between a wall or to put more men at Customs and the border, men and women, professionals at our Customs and ports of entry, where would you choose your resources to be…
Definitely one of my proudest moments was working with Governor Brewer and other Republicans to pass Medicaid expansion, something that I think has been beneficial to this State.
In closing, if you wonder why these Cabinet members feel that they can get away with this, if you wonder why some of these lifelong career politicians and executives think that this is a good idea, it is because they look at the top. They…
When the President ran for office, he ran on a saying: drain the swamp. Does this look like you are draining the swamp? Does the list of people and the list of corruption we have seen, does that look like you are draining the swamp? No, it…
That is, actually, they were personal planes that he took that cost a total of $500,000, Congressman Lieu.
Let's talk about HUD Secretary Ben Carson: for a mahogany dining set for his office, $31,000.
Another example, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, nearly $1 million on seven military flights, instead of flying commercial like his predecessors, including a day trip to Ottawa with his fiancee, a $26,900 military flight to Kentucky in…
Your recommendation to the President was to reduce the number of existing monuments.
I certainly think that if we want to talk about a commitment and a show of force, at least to Russia, that we are committed to Europe, that would be the route to do it.
Russia will likely never, in my opinion, present a clear violation of NATO's Article 5, but they will always, you know, try to be like the petulant teenager that they are.
In my years in politics, if we had ever done something of this nature, where we skip over the local elected officials... we would call that somewhat of a sham.
To begin with, I have a question for Mr. Pollock. Mr. Pollock, you are the Chairman of the Garfield County Commission. Is that correct?
The idea that it took that long for some of our FEMA coordinators to be able to coordinate with our municipalities is absolutely ridiculous.
I am accusing the Federal Government, FEMA, and our DoD for not responding quickly enough to the needs of the local municipalities.
So what was Speaker Ryan's response? Actually, we are still waiting to hear from him. He hasn't commented or issued a statement. When Trump repeatedly denigrates the personal integrity of a Member of this body, Speaker Ryan says nothing…
Speaker Ryan's response: President Trump ``has tremendous compassion.'' You can see the compassion. ``He is flying to these emergencies as soon as he can . . . it shows me that the people who are suffering from these tragedies are in his…
Before that decision was made, Ryan had said: ``Actually, I don't think he should do that.'' However, after the announcement was said, Ryan pulled an embarrassing U-turn so fast it would cause whiplash, saying: ``President Obama was wrong…
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