Mike Bost

I think it is vitally important that we get back to really operating this House in a way that is traditional.

We don't do our jobs well on the Veterans' Affairs Committee when we are doing it virtually.

We got rid of it because it was bad.

This is a process that was about more control.

I am against proxy voting. But I think the argument needs to be made.

There is no proxy voting in Ukraine, so it is clearly astonishing.

I urge my colleagues to support my motion to recommit, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I think Members of the House need to understand because many speakers, including the previous speaker, brought up the fact that those who serve should receive these benefits who actually serve on the battlefield. When they do, they do…

Just quickly before I yield time to my colleague from Ohio, I would like to remind the Members that training for members of National Guard and Reserve has never been counted towards GI Bill eligibility. Members of Guard and Reserve know…

Roughly 30 percent of the commodities needed to invest in our Nation's infrastructure travel on the inland waterways system.

That marina is vitally important for a stop-off midway between people traveling from the gulf on into the Great Lakes area.

Secretary Connor, you are aware of the December letter to your office that was sent and received, signed by more than 50 bipartisan Members of both the House and the Senate.

I absolutely recognize and agree with you the importance of the Nation's supply chain, and particularly reliability of the system.

I encourage my colleagues to support this bill. I yield back the balance of my time.

I encourage all of my colleagues to support the underlying bill that was discussed. I yield back the balance of my time.

Paying for something and doing the job that we are supposed to be doing here is not political gamesmanship. I said in my statement that I believe that we must continue to provide for these veterans, but it is our fiduciary duty to do it in…

I am prepared to close. I encourage all of my colleagues to support this piece of legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I am prepared to close. I encourage all of my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I encourage all of my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I encourage all of my colleagues to support this legislation and for all that it stands for. I yield back the balance of my time.

I did have a speaker here that was en route, but I will close. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate this bill. I appreciate the people who worked on this bill, and I encourage all of my colleagues to support it. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance…

I encourage all of my colleagues to support the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

We find that that was not done frequently in the previous administration, and that needs to be fixed.

I encourage my colleagues to support the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I encourage all my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.