Mike Garcia: “when you look at setting the interest rate, you want to reflect all Americans in the room when you do it.”

Mr. Speaker, I strongly oppose this bill, which would overrule rules implemented by D.C.'s elected leaders on when Metropolitan Police officers should pursue a fleeing car. Our debate here is a perfect example of why D.C. needs self-rule…

Last year, we missed our recruitment numbers, retention numbers by a net 41,000 personnel, recruits across all the services.

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

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.