Jody Hice: “Well, based on the last couple of years, there's been over 50,000 released.”

Actually, today--it was just coming out today--this Committee, House Natural Resources Committee, staff is putting out a report.

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 14, strike ``; and'' and insert the following: ``, subject to the terms and conditions…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia will be followed by 5-minute votes…

I thank Mr. Comer for yielding time. The numbers that were just shared are out of 2.1 million Federal employees, and the figure is accurate. Some 10,000 were terminated in 2021, but this is a fraction. People in the private sector are…