Mike Garcia

I, once again, urge our colleagues to oppose this bill. D.C. has a right and its residents have a right to govern themselves and elect mayors and council members that choose to pass laws to support the District. Congress should not be…

We don't care how much money you have, what party you are in, or how powerful you are. We should get justice for the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein. Our work on the committee is not over. Next steps are the bank and financial records to…

We can all agree that political violence should be condemned whenever it happens. Public servants must be able to do their jobs and represent their constituents without fear. It is good to hear this bipartisan support today. Of course, our…

I rise in full support of this resolution... It was an attack on our democratic system of government. Democracy embraces the civil exchange of ideas and the open debate of policy. It is a commitment to disagree with one another while…

Absolutely. I think that it is a shame that someone fleeing persecution for who they are and then given an appointment by us, the United States, is then sent to a foreign prison.

But, not for the purposes of representation, either at the State level assemblies or in the House of Representatives, which is currently, it does wag the dog in terms of representation.

It's absurd. The DEA doesn't file charges.

We have significantly increased the number of cases that we can do where we charge death resulting.

I want to remind everyone that the United States has actually never accomplished a soft landing on Mars without the talented minds at JPL.

It is not the lack of money. I respect the $37 billion investment request here. If I was in charge, I would give you more. But it is the policies that are broken.

I think your giving yourself an A under these circumstances demonstrates a lack of self-awareness, frankly. I think you have earned an F.

The mission statement of the Department of Justice is: 'to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights.'

I view these annual appropriations hearings as similar to investor briefs, annual investor briefs, right?

I have been very adamant that I don't know that we have a capability gap relative to China.

It is a game changer, absolutely.

It warms my cockles to hear an Army four star say that he asked for six F-35s and additional F-15EXs.

I am very concerned about the lack of, frankly, assets within the Reserve components, especially on the Air National Guard side...

If we can get the local communities to pay for that second income to augment the total household income and get quality of life above the poverty line, then we can save American taxpayer dollars.

I think getting that dual income, allowing the spouse to be able to stay in the workforce, but then the collateral benefit of also having that community...

I would like to expand that and enable that on the authorizing side with HASC to get that to apply to the Reserve side.

So now you have got an Active-Duty family going down to a single income for 2 to 3 years wherever they are based.

We passed a piece of legislation back in December of 2022, that was actually signed into law by the President in January of 2023 on the Active-Duty side called the Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act.

We passed, out of HAC-D, a bill that took the starting salary for an E-1 from $22,000 to $31,000, which is the equivalent of $15 per hour.

I was encouraged that the President signed my military licensing, Spouse Licensing Relief Act, into law, and I think that helps.