Luke Messer

I want to thank my colleague and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton) for his leadership on this important bill, and I am hoping today to join the voice vote kumbaya, if possible. H.R. 702 is a commonsense legislation that repeals the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON EXPORTS OF CRUDE OIL, REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, AND…

But if you put regulatory burdens on these franchises in a way where they don't have the additional revenue to increase wages, you are going to hurt the very people that you are trying to help.

We all want to see workers in America treated fairly in the workplace, but if the decisions of the NLRB destroy the franchise model, you won't just hurt the people who own those franchises; you will hurt all the workers who would lose…

Proverbs 31:8 calls us all to speak for those who can't speak for themselves. That is why I am here today. I refuse to say nothing while Planned Parenthood executives are revealed casually putting a price tag on human life and haggling…

We want to see them protected. The reason we are concerned about this rule is it may give them less protection than they have in the current marketplace.

And this Administration, often the policies that they are putting forward end up hurting the very people that they are designed to help.

Do you believe that this fiduciary rule standard that they are putting forward will make that more likely to happen for middle-class families or less likely?

This makes no sense to me. These investments are some of the safest investments in the world.

The Fed should be independent and it ought to make independent monetary policy decisions, particularly in the short term, but the Fed was created by Congress.

I think when the American people look at the financial crisis and the response to the financial crisis, frankly, they are mad.

On rollcall No. 375 I was unavoidably detained and missed the recorded vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 375 I was detained with constituents including a World War II veteran…

I think one of the things we have got to remember as policymakers is we aren't just accountable for our intentions, we are also accountable for our results.

I think we all agree that no kid in America should go hungry.

Today I rise in support of trade promotion authority because I am a conservative who believes trade creates jobs and opportunity. In my district, farmers grow corn and soybeans and sell them all over the world. Factory workers, like my…

There is a high price to pay, whether or not businesses and schools comply with the law.

For many, they have lost their health care policy. For many, they have lost their doctor. For many, they have seen their prices go away.

I just would make the case that certainly it is important that we have strong enforcement. The bad actors ought to be penalized. But often innocent shareholders get caught up in the midst of this, at no fault of their own.

I have believed all along that the pledge alone wouldn't be enough, and that we ought to look at other ways that we can legally protect parents' rights to protect their child's privacy.

it is important here that we protect student privacy. But it is also important that we make--ensure that any new laws intended to create student privacy don't create--that are intended to create a student privacy floor do not also create a…

3,288 per day, 137 per hour, one every 26 seconds--that is how many children are denied their God-given right to life each and every day. As we mark the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we should remember each of those children and the…

By direction of the Republican Conference, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 29 Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are hereby…

Today, I rise to honor a remarkable young woman from Indiana's Sixth Congressional District, 19-year-old Lauren Hill. Last year, this Lawrenceburg native was diagnosed with DIPG, a terminal form of brain cancer. Since then, Lauren has…

I have a radical idea: let's let parents choose where to send their kids to school, let's make it easier for them to save for their children's education, let's give every kid in America access to a great school. Our current education…

I prefer to incentivize work, personal responsibility, and self-reliance over government dependence.