Jody Hice: “I appreciate the great leadership of the ranking member from Arkansas. I appreciate his yielding some time to me. Mr.…”

“I appreciate the great leadership of the ranking member from Arkansas. I appreciate his yielding some time to me. Mr. Speaker, I certainly rise in opposition to the Big Cat Public Safety Act. Let it be known that I also rise in opposition to the complete lack of decorum demonstrated by the majority in today's vote on the CHIPS bill. This Chamber is supposed to be a deliberative body governed by rules and norms agreed to by all the Members. The majority has made a mockery of those rules and norms today. The complete disregard for the minority is what they showed today, and that is upsetting and disturbing. It is certainly no way to run the House, Mr. Speaker. Turning to this legislation at hand, it seems as if the Democrats are prioritizing literally pet projects of a reality TV star instead of considering legislation that would benefit the American people during this time of economic crisis. Natural Resources Committee Democrats have spent their time marking up legislation like this instead of working on bills that would lower the cost of gas for millions of Americans. As the ranking member has referenced several times, our constituents sent us here to represent them and to work together to solve the issues that they are facing and that our Nation is facing. Right now, they are facing things like the cost of gasoline and energy production, and we are doing nothing about that in the Natural Resources Committee.…”