Mr. Chair, our Federal bureaucracy is riddled with wasteful and purposeless offices that do nothing but fuel the flames of divisiveness in our government. Why is our Federal Government more concerned with advancing programs that fuel…

Mr. Chair, section 60506 of the IIJA mandates that the FCC develops a regulation to prevent digital discrimination of broadband access based on income level, race, ethnicity, color, religion, or national origin. Progressive groups and FCC…

Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the…

Madam Speaker, I hereby remove my name as cosponsor of H.R. 6116. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman's request is granted. ____________________

Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida will be postponed. Amendment No. 45 Offered by Mr. Steube The Acting…

Mr. Chair, we need to put America first. We need to fix the spending problem that we have here in Washington. We have $33 trillion in debt. When I was first elected to Congress only 5 years ago, we had $21 trillion in debt; now we have $33…

Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida will be postponed. Amendment No. 46 Offered by Mr. Gaetz The Acting…

Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following: Sec. _. None of the funds…

Mr. Chair, I encourage my colleagues to answer the question: How can we justify appropriating America's hard-earned taxpayer dollars to a foreign military that emboldens Hezbollah in their reign of terror and hate for America? Hezbollah's…

Mr. Chairman, it was described on the other side as ``a full-blown crisis in Lebanon.'' Why in the world would we send money to a country that is recognized by the opposition to be in a full-blown crisis? Another speaker said that this…

Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following: Sec. _. None of the funds…

Mr. Chairman, as stewards of America's hard-earned taxpayer dollars we must ensure such funds only go to measures that advance our American interests, not undermine them. We have provided billions of dollars to Iraq and lost thousands of…