Matt Gaetz

If you think the ATF is going to be successful in this, making millions of Americans felons through this rule, that is an overreach of the separation of powers.

The rights of the American people this shall not be infringed, period.

The Second Amendment is about maintaining within the citizenry the ability to maintain an armed rebellion against the government if that becomes necessary.

I have not seen my Democrat colleagues defend innocent life, but they want to use these talking points of children in tragic, horrible scenarios as a political pawn to regulate law-abiding citizens.

Absolutely shameful.

ATF bureaucrats are not only ignoring the direction of Congress, they are literally ignoring the law and trying to rewrite it themselves, a complete separation of powers.

It is my honor to rise and celebrate the life of one of the greatest Florida men to have ever lived: Lewis Bear. Lewis was a legend for all times. He was a prolific businessman and an even more prolific philanthropist. Lewis was CEO of…

Syria is such a mess. We are sometimes funding both sides in the same battle. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record an L.A. Times piece titled: ``In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA.'' [From the L.A. Times…

There are brave Democrats who still believe in free speech.

I would ask my colleagues how many more remaining speakers they have and are they prepared to close? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 2 minutes remaining. The gentleman from New York has 7\1/2\ minutes remaining. The…

I would advise my colleagues to look at the comments of Ro Khanna who has been deeply, deeply concerned about this weaponization of government.

Republicans and Democrats alike have been citing the 2001 AUMF. It is important to note that there are Americans fighting in Syria today who were not born when the 2011 AUMF was approved. About 9 out of every 10 of us in the House of…

May I inquire as to my remaining time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida has 5 minutes remaining.

My patriotic colleague, Mr. Zinke of Montana, gave up the game when he said ISIS will never be gone. So, presumably, the position of those holding that viewpoint is that we have to stay in Syria forever, maybe make it the 51st State. Mr…

Before yielding to my colleague, I would observe that we have done a lot for the Kurds: $1.5 billion. We can love the Kurds, but it is not a marriage. It is not until death do we part. It seems as though the Kurds have made book with Assad…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

I don't think a serious country would behave this way.

Because a serious nation would not impair live fire testing and other critical testing of hypersonic component parts over this range that this committee has invested about $170 million into because we found 51 whales that we didn't know…

Is there anyone who doesn't agree with the statement that we are all better off if the Chinese Communist Party isn't operating dual-purpose oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico?

Please do not create a secret Chinese intelligence-gathering platform masquerading as an oil rig in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico.

probably on the Republican side I am the easiest to concur that the war on drugs is one that has been won by drugs.

Are we stronger or weaker as a country because there are 8,600 people that used to wear the uniform but because of the vax mandate, now they don't?

Do you have a plan to go get these folks back into service in our military?

You believe there was that individualized review?

the people of Yuma are good folks, and they deserve a lot better from the Federal Government than they have been getting