over the last 6 months, the Board has held 2-day hearings on reciprocal switching, a 2-day hearing on rail service, and multiday hearings on restoring Amtrak service along the gulf coast.

I hereby remove my name as cosponsor of H.R. 3807. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Torres of New York). The gentleman's request is accepted. ____________________

I thank the gentleman from Louisiana for yielding. You know, a lot of people are saying a lot of things here about Don tonight as we are talking about his life and his service. Now, let's put it in perspective. Many of the people in this…

I have never voted by proxy either. I wrote the rule--but I have been lucky, right? I didn't get COVID.

By moving in the way that we have, we have some committees that do this and some committees that do that.

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.

If you believe it is unconstitutional, again, it is mind-boggling to me that you would utilize it.

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

This is a process that was about more control.

We got rid of it because it was bad.

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

I think physical presence matters, not just because I see it through a constitutional lens, but because human interaction matters.

I was unavailable to vote in the House. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 58 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 59.

I was unavailable to vote in the House. Had I been present, I would have voted ``YEA'' on rollcall No. 55, ``NAY'' on rollcall No. 56, and ``NAY'' on rollcall No. 57. members recorded pursuant to house resolution 8, 117th congress Aguilar…

I was unavailable to vote in the House. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 51, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 52, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 53, and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 54. Members Recorded Pursuant to House…

I would like to thank my friend, Congresswoman Kat Cammack from Florida, for her organization of this Special Order tonight. Madam Speaker, I know that these Special Orders go long, and I know quite often the person who is sitting in the…

I thank my good friend Rodney Davis for yielding time to me and for organizing this Special Order. Tonight you are going to hear several words from our colleagues that will echo the same resounding words, and, that is, Vicki Dixon should…

To be clear, the Veterans' Affairs Committee had numerous opportunities in the last year to do that work that I had just discussed, and I don't know why the chairman chose not to. I have heard him say over the last week that it is okay we…

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

I claim time in opposition to the amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized. There was no objection.

I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Motion to Recommit Mr. Bost of Illinois moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4673 to the Committee on…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 206, nays 221, not voting 6, as…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 265, nays 163, not voting 5, as…

In response to the EVEST Act has been in the public domain, I think it is very important to note, as I mentioned earlier, the last Congress is not the same as this Congress. We have more than 70 Members who are new Members of Congress…