This idea about picking out and pulling out the most egregious statistics about failing schools should be our call to action, not us turning away from the kids who need it most, or the kids that have no one but us advocating for them.

We see in some parts of the country charter schools are under attack.

This is a special time of year. No, not because cherry blossom season is almost upon us. For children across the country trapped in failing school districts, this is the season of opportunity.

New Orleans went from among the worst to among the best.

I think it is very important that we continue to support the charter movement and to support successful charter schools and charter leaders.

What if there was a world in which the government had to compete with small businesses and the government itself had to bid on a project to show that they could do it better than you?

If a government is going to provide a service and there already is a firm that will provide that service, then they need to bid themselves.

Hats off to all small business owners. I have been a small business owner. You are often the first to show up for work, the last to leave.

I thank Vice Chairman Moore for yielding. Madam Speaker, as I stand before you, America is being invaded. Right this minute, criminals, human traffickers, drug lords, and kingpins are taking advantage of our porous border. If that thought…

I thank you for your leadership in introducing the Missing Children Assistance Reauthorization Act.

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if you go on social media or the internet, every third or fourth video is a mob going into a store.

let government get out of our way, let us do the thing.

I thank the chairwoman for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, we have seen the evil and hatred of anti-Semitism find its voice across American college and university campuses, and we have seen the full force of Jewish hatred grow as student…

I thank Chair Foxx for yielding. Mr. Chairman, we have a problem. Today, America's education system is being purchased and manipulated by foreign nations. Since 2013, we know about $12 billion has flooded in from foreign sources to U.S…

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I have learned that this committee is the most bipartisan committee, and there is agreement that we can do so much better.

When it comes to sports, many athletes will tell you that they play better when they play at home. It is referred to as the home-field advantage. Having that home advantage is just as important to kids as it is to athletes. Kids do better…

I thank the chairman for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, the COVID pandemic is behind us, and with that, a lot of the problems associated with COVID have also managed to go away, but fraud remains. The bill to the American people associated…

Heavenly Father, we are just truly grateful for the blessings of liberty and choosing our own way.

I thank the gentleman from Maryland for his interest. The issue is one thing. The issue is: Does this agency or any agency have the ability to go out on their own on a solo career and not have congressional oversight? I say no. I say no…

It is really irrelevant whether or not the program is doing good or not. They do not have the authority to make up their own rules and own programs without Congress. It is as if they have left the band and the SBA is starting a solo career…