Matt Gaetz

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.

I think we need a better track.

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

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

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.

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 don't think voting against Kevin McCarthy is chaos. I think $33 trillion in debt is chaos.

It is lovely to hear from the principal architect of Mr. McCarthy's debt limit deal, but here is the reality: The only Republicans in America who believe that the debt limit deal was conservative are in this Chamber right now because all…

I am here to solve problems, too, but we have decade after decade of history showing us that you don't solve any problems with continuing resolutions and omnibus bills. That creates more problems, more debt, more inflation, more pain for…

There is nothing sober, wise, or cautious about the path we are on. We are on a path to financial ruin if this House does not take a different posture, a different procedure, and yield toward different outcomes and a better future. I…

There is nothing selfish about wanting a Speaker of the House who tells the truth. I reserve the balance of my time.

The problem with my friend from Ohio's argument is that many of the bills he referenced as having passed are not law. We are on a fast track to an omnibus bill, and it is difficult to champion oversight when House Republicans haven't even…

The opening line of my colleague's speech was that Speaker McCarthy always overperforms expectations, but after tweeting ``bring it'' and after engaging in profane-laced tirades at House Conference, he just lost a motion to table. I…

I have enough Republicans where, at this point next week, one of two things will happen. Kevin McCarthy won't be the speaker of the House, or he'll be the speaker of the House working at the pleasure of the Democrats. And I'm at peace with…

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 made…

The reason we are here debating this issue is because my colleague from Georgia (Ms. Greene) has found there are distributions that could possibly go to Ukraine. She is fighting admirably, often alone, and she is the reason that we are…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 27, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $750,000,000)''. Page 32, line 18, after…

This is an amendment to prohibit the transfer of cluster munitions pursuant to this legislation. Madam Chair, I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Jacobs), a member of the Armed Services Committee, someone who has led this…

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 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. 161 Offered by Mr. Gaetz The Acting CHAIR. It is…

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…

There will not be sufficient Republican votes for a continuing resolution. Now, if we've got some of these moderate Republicans who want to go and join up with the Democrats, they will be signing their own political death warrant, and they…