Matt Gaetz

It's remarkable, because you all have great experience, you look at these things, you have no ulterior motives.

I just don't think we should view it as unrealistic that we should be able to have the basic capabilities on hypersonics that our adversaries do.

I think we would do our job if we continued to advance the legislation that Congresswoman Jayapal and Congressman Buck and I worked on to reshape some of these companies by force of legislative power.

If companies engage in anticompetitive conduct, exclusionary conduct, or break the law to sustain their monopoly power, it threatens our liberty and threatens our democracy and goes to the heart of our freedom.

Where I think Leader Hoyer is correct is that this effort would be incomplete in the absence of major reforms to FISA and the other authorities that are abused, no matter who the people are. The people have changed and the corruption has…

I appreciate that clarification, and I don't think anyone would confuse his views with mine as it relates to the FBI.

The FBI wants a massive new complex for their Washington, D.C., area activities. They want to spend more than $300 million on that complex. Though the FBI has an employee base that is about 2.3 percent of the United States military, Mr…

It is not my grave concern that the FBI's building is crumbling. It is my grave concern that the civil liberties of Americans are crumbling. I wish we were more worried about that and less worried about whether or not we have new carpet…

Reclaiming my time. Mr. Chair, I appreciate the distinction, and I am grateful that there are a number of Democrats, like Ms. Lofgren and Mr. Nadler, who are working very closely with Republicans to try to reform these authorities so that…

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 funds made…

I want Israel to win and Hamas to lose.

Sometimes they're just criticisms of Soros and of globalism.

There is an eclectic attraction in my district in northwest Florida. It is called Crab Island but is actually not an island at all. It is a sandbar where people go and enjoy swimming, snorkeling, fishing, maybe a refreshment or even a hot…

I appreciate the gentlewoman's great interest in what is going on in Florida. Though we don't know each other well, I can only assume that if there were a small patch of land in Maine, I would be highly deferential as to what a local…

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, before the short title, insert the following: crab island area commercial services strategy…

It is with great regret and hopefully temporarily that I hereby remove my name as a cosponsor of H.R. 6116. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman's request is granted. ____________________

The swamp is on the run. MAGA is ascendant. And if – if you don't think that moving from Kevin McCarthy to MAGA Mike Johnson shows the ascendance of this movement and where the power in the Republican Party truly lies, then you're not…

D.C. has some of the strongest gun control laws in the country, and increasingly the law-abiding people... are constrained by those gun control laws.

People are going to be crushed. And debt and inflation are driven by government spending that cannot continue.

I do want to say, based on what's going on in Israel right now, it is horrifying. We stand with the people of Israel. Israel has a right to defend itself.

Kevin McCarthy was removed because he made multiple contradictory promises to people that ultimately could not be reconciled.

I am here to fight for my constituents. And I'm here to ensure that America's not on a path to financial ruin.

I think we need a better track.

We were in the doldrums with Kevin McCarthy. We had no budget. We have not had a budget in this country for decades.

I think that in a two-man race, it's a lot easier to get someone to 50% plus one than in a race where you have three, four, five, seven people.