As America celebrates its 250th birthday, I am glad to join Congressman Mike Collins and my other colleagues in introducing these bipartisan resolutions recognizing the crucial role our nation’s veterans played in securing and defending…

If my colleagues truly cared about protecting our elections from foreign interference, they’d put the resources behind it.

today, our country lost a dedicated public servant, as well as our State and the people of the 13th District of Georgia. We lost our friend and colleague, Congressman David Scott of Georgia. David and I served side by side for decades…

As dean of Georgia's congressional delegation, I would like to extend a heartfelt welcome to the Honorable Clay Fuller. Welcome, Clay. Our delegation is diverse, and we are passionate about how we best represent the great State of Georgia…

rural Georgians and rural Americans are older, sicker, and less likely to have health insurance than those in our cities. In fact, compared to urban areas, rural Georgians are nearly five times more likely to die early from cancer…

They cut SNAP by 20 percent in the big, ugly bill this summer, dismantled and defunded Federal programs, fired Federal workers, and illegally ignored court orders. This bill fails to address the healthcare crisis, and bipartisan outrage…

The House will vote on the Senate revised budget resolution this evening. The budget resolution requires seven House committees to cut a minimum of $1.5 trillion in mandatory spending combined over the next decade. Of that amount, at least…

I am proud to rise in support of the Beagle Brigade Act, which is a bipartisan, bicameral bill, the companion of which I led in this Chamber with my colleagues Representatives Drew Ferguson, Dan Kildee, and Adrian Smith. The Senate…

I am very, very proud to support the Beagle Brigade Act of 2023, and to have had the opportunity to work with my colleagues, Representatives Drew Ferguson, Dan Kildee, and Adrian Smith, and to have the support of our Senators, Senator…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise as the sponsor of H.R. 9600, legislation to designate the United States Postal facility in Plains, Georgia, as the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Post Office. President Jimmy Carter and…

Government subsidies, again, always controversial, but in both of your written testimonies, you potentially suggested farmers are going to need some kind of economic assistance.

Our farmers want action this year, not next. Our business community wants action now, this year.

Let's stop playing politics, and just face reality, and let us move ahead as we should.

It is time to fish or cut bait. America deserves this farm bill, this national security bill.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise today to voice strong opposition to the FY25 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill that is being presented by our colleagues from across the aisle…

I urge at least $1.5 million for Native-American Grants Protection and Repatriation Act, NAGPRA enforcement.

I urge at least $40 million for the National Park Service Tribal Historic Preservation Program.

I urge at least $1 million for funding implementation of the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony, which is also known as the STOP Act.

Kill the Indian, Save the Man

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of a remarkable man, my colleague and dear friend, Donald Payne, Jr. Donald was a kindhearted public servant who dutifully served New Jersey's 10th…

The Marine Corps has a deferred maintenance backlog that exceeds $15.8 billion, and it requires a $1.5 billion annual expenditure for barracks and maintenance.

Last year, the RAND National Defense Research Institute revealed that 25.8 percent of active-duty members face food insecurity.

The budget request before us today represents more than just a set of numbers and allocations. It reflects our Nation's commitment to its veterans.

But I am more concerned with the general income levels that prevent service members, particularly low-ranking members, from being able to do that.