Sam Farr: “Crisis is a terrible thing to waste.”

Yes, I presume that the decision to move sort of out of the Washington area was a strategic one, plus probably cost-effective for real estate purposes.

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this is a very bittersweet moment for me. It is the last time I will speak on this floor after 23 years of serving in the House of Representatives. It is sweet because it is about the…

If we are going to not allow anybody else to have weapons in this Capitol, you certainly shouldn't allow Members to have them.

We finally got around to realizing that the military is an institution of government.