Matt Gaetz

93 percent of Americans support the legalization of doctor-prescribed medical marijuana--93 percent. But despite this widespread public support, marijuana remains classified as a schedule I drug, the same as LSD or heroin. This harms…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise to speak on an issue important to so many Floridians, and that is the Florida Everglades. The Everglades are Florida. They are as iconic as the Blue Angels, the space shuttle, and even the…

Our great ally Australia has long been the leading voice in the world to end commercial whaling. I rise to let them know that they are not alone and to announce the filing of bipartisan legislation to support an end to commercial whaling…

I come from the State of Florida, where we have many of our citizens who live in nursing homes. Despite the views of some, those residents can live remarkable, productive, and fulfilling lives. One such resident is Angelina Steiner. Mrs…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. Mr. Speaker, it is with both profound sadness and deep gratitude that I rise to pay tribute to a fallen decorated American hero. On March 19, 2017, Sergeant First Class Robert R. Boniface of…

Thank you for your letter dated March 24, 2017, regarding maintaining the moratorium on oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico beyond 2022.

The repeal and replacement of ObamaCare is about keeping promises and being worthy of the American people's trust. We, for the third time in American history, have unified Republican control of the government: a Republican in the White…

Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 180. ____________________

I commend you, Madam Chair, for having this hearing, and I urge you and the subcommittee to look closely at this issue as you develop the Defense Appropriations bill for the upcoming year.

I am so grateful that our colleagues across the aisle have become so interested in the impact of the national debt on the American people. I only wish that, during their time in control of the White House, we had not doubled the national…

I feel strongly that to enable the continued supremacy of U.S. Special Forces in the 21st century, our warriors need to be the most physically fit, optimally performing, and resilient to extreme environments of any force ever assembled.

This funding will guarantee the development of important technologies and research capabilities to address the existing SOCOM requirements.

I have spoken with many of my colleagues in the Republican conference who have said, you know, maybe town hall meetings where you invite everybody that's angry with you isn't the best way to make your first impression.

Let's be slow on the trigger. If people throw water on me, like they've been saying on social media they're going to do, I won't melt. I'm not the wicked witch.

Yes, I do believe this president should, in fact, release his tax returns.

We as Republicans have the best argument. We've just got to be courageous enough to make it.

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak to the danger that is currently posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iran and its fundamentalist government pose the gravest threat to global peace…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The gentleman is from Texas. I am from Florida. Both of our States have seen many of the negative economic consequences of illegal immigration, but my question relates to the negative national security…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. Isn't it refreshing to have a President of the United States who is willing to do, in office, precisely the things he said he would do on the campaign trail, notably, putting the interests of…

I appreciate the gentleman from Texas yielding for a question. Not long ago, we heard members of the Congressional Black Caucus take to this floor and make the argument that it was hypocritical and improper that in President Trump's order…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. I similarly thank him for many nights coming to this floor and defending values that are not only uniquely American, but which are unmistakably conservative. I appreciate him for being the…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. I believe his question highlights an increasing problem that we have had for the last 8 years that I hope we will cure, and that is the politicization of the important work that the executive…

Hope is not a plan, was the admonishment we received from the gentleman from Massachusetts.

There is no replacement. There is no plan that Republicans have offered.

Lend me your ears. I come to bury ObamaCare, not to praise it. The evil that men do lives after them. This is the true legacy of the last 8 years: a doubling of the national debt and $4 trillion in additional spending projected through…