Jody Hice

Upholding the First Amendment is not an absurdity train. Protecting the religious liberties of the people of this great country is not in any way absurd.

I want to assure each of you that we hear you and we are taking this issue very seriously.

The worst competition for a totalitarian form of government is for its people to believe in a power that is greater than government.

We have got to understand discrimination goes both ways and deeply held religious beliefs impact the way people daily live, and any attempt to eradicate that is, in itself, discriminatory.

I do think it is pertinent for us to have a discussion about the welfare system and whether or not it works.

the protection of whistleblowers these days become very much twisted in politics.

I thank my colleague, Chris Smith, for leading this Special Order as we memorialize countless lives that have been lost in the last 47 years to the Roe v. Wade decision. The gentleman and all of my colleagues here are champions for life…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in great frustration in opposition to this politically- motivated resolution. It is nothing but a blatant attempt to handcuff the President's ability to defend our citizens and our allies. Just…

This is nothing but an attempt by the majority in a 3-year-long process by their party to take any and every opportunity to undermine or embarrass this President. But be assured that this politically-motivated resolution nor any evil that…

Yet, what seems to hijack every one of these census hearings is the citizenship question... it is important for us to know how many people here who are citizens.

I think that is unnecessary and there is no reason for us to create an atmosphere of attacking the president on something constitutionally based as the census is.

The Democrats' new definition for evidence is allegations, allegations based on hearsay, I might add. So, they hurl allegations against the President, and then they say to him that it is not their responsibility to prove guilt but the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The majority has thrown almost every allegation imaginable against this President, and yet these Articles of Impeachment that have been submitted cannot name a single actual crime. After all the drama…

I thank my good friend for yielding a quick moment. There are few people in Washington, D.C., and in America who have had the impact of Senator Johnny Isakson. And when we think of Senator Isakson, no question, there are so many things…

This is, frankly, one of those organizations we all hope and pray no one ever needs, but when it is needed we want it to function effectively and properly.

I want to thank all of our panelists for the incredible work you do. All of us here feel that what you do is not only worthwhile, it is necessary.

So once a servicemember is identified, and this is the question I asked Ms. Shirley earlier, what kind of timeframe from that point until when the family is able to receive their loved one and have a proper interment, or whatever they want…

We all are here to owe an enormous debt of gratitude to our service men and women who maintained for us the freedoms and liberties that we enjoy here in this country.

But you don't always have those sufficient lines. So how do you make a determination?

But at that point it is in the family's hands and it is out of yours, and the family has their servicemember home, and making the arrangements from there is a different----

It is estimated that about 82,000 American servicemembers remain unaccounted for from past conflicts, and we need to do everything we can to bring them home.

So we are not talking months and months.

I am just curious, your thoughts and discussions of how this would impact DPAA.

So once an individual is identified, we are talking weeks before the family--wow, that is amazing.

the law is not according to what was just identified by my colleague