Brian Mast

Mr. McCORMICK. Mr. Speaker, I am in strong opposition to this resolution because the issue before us is not one of Presidential authority. It is whether Congress should undermine the President's ability to deter threats and protect the…

Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman is absolutely right, the Constitution is crystal clear that only Congress can start a war. However, in their deliberations on this subject, the Founders also made clear that they were leaving the…

I would let Representative Omar know that in her district, she lost 205 people in the last year from overdose and have had people killed by MS-13. Teenagers have been killed by MS-13. The President is working to stop that from happening. I…

I rise also today in full support of the National Defense Authorization Act. This bill delivers exactly what America has needed: bombs and bullets from America for America. It also does something very important to me as chairman of the…

I thank Chairman Bost for his work on this piece of legislation and Ranking Member Takano for working with the majority on this piece of legislation, the Servicemember Residence Protection Act. Mr. Speaker, why this bill? Why do this? It…

I am here to speak on my amendment No. 21. This is something that we have dealt with here in Congress before. Specifically it relates to veterans' access to cannabis. The story that I will tell in advance of this is simply this: I woke up…

makes sure not a single penny of American taxpayer money ends up in the hands of the Taliban—not directly, not through back doors, and not via weak-willed foreign governments or shady NGOs.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. ____________________

I have no further speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

The White House should take care of it.

That's what needs to be answered for. And so you look at this.

That's the change. It's going to be 99.99 percent of cents on the dollar actually go towards what it's intended, instead of people around the Beltway.

We're freezing aid. These are all very important and necessary steps to make sure that we secure America.

I would be absolutely for, if that's the path we go down, removing USAID as a separate department and having it fall under one of the other parts of United States Department of State, because of its failure.

You need to come to us and explain what it is you're doing, why you're doing it and where it's actually saving life.

We need to be asking the question, should they be weaning off of this? Should we be paying it for these very expensive HIV and AIDS drugs?

And until that comes to an end, this is what's going to be on the table.

If you want to take a look at the State Department, where DEI has been a priority over, let's say, diplomacy...

We're still talking about tens and tens of billions of dollars.

Those are real questions.

You can't create that efficiency just by wishing it into existence.

That's the state of what's going on with USAID.

They will have an opportunity. It doesn't concern me because of the grift that has been going on to the American taxpayer, the American worker.

We're going to support that.

The violation has been to the United States of America. It's been to our sovereignty. It's been to our people. We've been taken for granted.