Jody Hice

Let me begin by stating clearly that I oppose the underlying bill here. Some of my Democratic colleagues claim that there is no such thing as a deep state, that there are no problems that we have within our Federal employee system. But…

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…

With all due respect, this bill will do anything but ensure a fair and accurate Census. Instead, it threatens to produce an unfair and inaccurate Census. As ranking member of the Government Operations Subcommittee, I have stressed time and…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 2(b) (relating to for-cause removal and duties) and redesignate subsequent subsections…

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

This is totally bogus, totally hypocritical.

Isn't it hypocritical to you, incredibly hypocritical, to say that one side should have free speech and the other side should not?

It is very concerning to me that an outside advocacy group knew hours before the public knew that the Majority was going to threaten to issue a subpoena.

It makes me wonder what other information the Committee leaks, the Majority leaks, to third-party outside groups before the public is made aware of this.

I am amazed at how my radical friends on the left now are so concerned with the lives of children when they literally stand and cheer and celebrate the killing of 3,000 through abortion every single day. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition…

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…

the Biden administration has not delivered the annual cybersecurity report required by FISMA.

Well, that is a huge area that needs to be addressed just from the IG perspective, and then we have a whole other missing element here today.

You are right, Mr. Perry. What concerns me as well is what you just described is just a couple months away. States like yours, they are going to start feeling the cold of winter and will need to start heating their homes. So the question…

The highest D you can get. Yes. I mean, this is extremely frustrating, Mr. Chairman.

the Biden administration is yet again thumbing its nose at this committee.

the Biden administration has turned that into what amounts to a slush fund.

Listen, you are spot on. It is virtually everything. I honestly can't think of anything that the cost is not going up, whether we are talking food or fuel or energy or travel, vehicles. Across the board, it is all going up to the tune now…

this should wave a red flag of concern for all of us.

That is right, and they are suffering. People across the board are literally suffering right now and having to make critical decisions and some even to the point of getting rid of their pets because it is more important to get food on the…

In my opening statement, I expressed concern with this Scorecard, particularly as it relates to the cyber metric.

That is exactly right. You are spot on. Listen, this administration can try all they want to redefine the meaning of a recession, but they cannot change the realities of what this means to the average family. Like you just described, we…

the Biden administration ignoring the law.

If I could just add a thought to that. This is not and should not be a Republican issue versus a Democrat. This is an American issue. Both parties, Independents, people who have no affiliation, the country is suffering under this. I don't…