Today I rise to congratulate the 931st Air Refueling Group--McConnell Air Force Base's reserve unit--on receiving the Raincross Trophy, which recognizes it as the best unit in the 4th Air Force. I have spent a lot of time with the…
Mike Pompeo
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Mike Pompeo is a Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 70th United States Secretary of State from April 2018 to January 2021 under President Donald Trump. Prior to his role as Secretary of State, he was the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from January 2017 to April 2018. Pompeo has also served as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2017, where he was known for his strong stance on national security and foreign policy issues. Throughout his career, he has emphasized a robust approach to counterterrorism and has been an advocate for American energy independence.
I thank the gentleman for this opportunity. The President spoke last week and he presented nothing that could be remotely considered a strategy, and yet, the American people understand the destruction of radical Islamic terrorism is…
On Tuesday, June 24, I was unavoidably detained. On rollcalls 343, 344, 345, 346, and 348, I would have voted ``no.'' On rollcalls 341, 342, 347, and 349, I would have voted ``aye.'' ____________________
You are going to get this much less--or this much more of something that is really good.
This is about politics, right? That is why Mr. Podesta is over at EPA working on this.
On rollcall Nos. 308 and 310 I was not available to cast my vote in person. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Mr. Speaker, on rollcall Nos. 309, 311, and 312 I was not available to cast my vote in person. Had I been present, I…
I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 5, lines 17 through 21, after each dollar amount, insert ``(reduced to $0)''. Page 6, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert…
Woman, today, I rise to ask my fellow Members of Congress to take one small step towards fiscal sanity. Chairman Wolf has done very nice work on this bill, but we are all familiar with agencies that have outlived their usefulness and no…
What is taking place today in America's Veterans Administration may be the most egregious case of friendly fire in the history of the United States of America. This harm to our veterans from our team is coming not from firearms, but from…
I view it as nothing more than a price control. I think we have seen how that works in creating supply, and I think it is a very dangerous path that you are headed down.
Kansans and Americans across the country are exhausted by a job market that is failing them. The most recent report in March showed absolutely no improvement in employment. In fact, for women, we saw an increase in unemployment. Madam…





