Jack Kingston

Well, I have to say this, number one, the American people always have the right to question the work habits and the work venues of anybody who's elected to office.

The left has kept saying all along, why didn't the president just call, pick up the phone and ask the FBI or the Justice Department if he was being wiretapped.

He's the kind of optimistic guy who's always going to say, you're going to be very proud of the wall, we're going to build the wall and Mexico is going to pay it.

How does she know they were being spied on if she left in 2015?

Today, it boiled down to politics. A question that I would like to know is who was -- who won when General Flynn had to resign? Was that a victory for Russia?

That's what base republicans called Barack Obama. I think that's partisan rhetoric. I don't think it's accurate at all.

Trust but verify, in this case verify absolutely everything going forward.

If I was a lawyer you said Mr. President, you said DNC and John Podesta specifically. Yet, you sort of made it sound like they were interfering with the election in general and there's a big difference.

I actually think the American people are fed up with the politics. Elijah Cummings said today he wanted to work -- very liberal Democrat, as you know, he wanted to work with Trump. And I think that's a good sign.

I want to point out, though, that Pew Trust came out with a study said 24 million people who are registered to vote aren't eligible to be registered or registered illegally.

His tone at 4:00 a.m. Wednesday morning was magnificent. And I was in the room and I can tell you, it was an inspirational American moment.

Hillary Clinton's numbers are cratering because she's lied to the FBI. She's under a criminal investigation. WikiLeaks is an embarrassment to the Democrat Party.

I want change. I don't want a third term of Barack Obama.

It's always a good idea. Everybody would say that. But I think also the animosity towards Donald Trump by the establishment has been so great that candidates usually don't get the kind of scrutiny he does.

Donald Trump is connecting with them. They will show up.

I thank the distinguished incoming chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee for the time. Madam Speaker, I just want to say I do support this rule. I will revise and extend my remarks for…

For those who think that relaxing our laws does not create a magnet, they need to go to Central America and talk to the people who would be taking advantage of this. Finally, let me say this about leadership: in split government with three…

We need to develop American energy, and that is what this bill does. It is commonsense tax reform, commonsense regulatory reform, and commonsense energy reform. I am appalled that the United States Senate has not had time to take up one of…

I want to be sure Members look back because that is the example where people say airstrikes alone are sufficient, when they point out the operation in Yugoslavia that was from March 24, 1999, to June 10. Even though we did not have ground…

I would like to echo my colleague's comments regarding the ACT and the ACF river basin language. This language does not change current law or interpretation of current law and should not be reviewed by the courts or the corps as changing…

Your budget last year was $5.3 billion, and this year it is 23. That is not a decrease.

But if we can get some of these things off the table-- if we can agree on military pay, if we can agree on the civilian support staff for military, if we can agree on furloughed employees, and if we can agree with NIH, that science and…

I will repeat that if I can get a Democrat Party Member to cosponsor a continuation of the CDC, I would be glad to work together to move that bill. And with that, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Maryland, Dr. Andy…

I say to my good friend from Tennessee that if you take out the TANF funding, which the Obama administration charges the NIH to conduct business, this is level funding. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, (Mr. Rothfus).

In reclaiming my time, that's a leap. I'm talking steps. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlelady from North Carolina (Mrs. Ellmers), a former nurse.