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James Comer

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James Richardson Comer is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2016. A member of the Republican Party, Comer has focused on issues such as agriculture, economic development, and government accountability during his tenure. He previously served as the Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture from 2012 to 2016, where he worked on various initiatives to support farmers and promote the state's agricultural products.

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Dec 4, 2024

I urge my colleagues to support this bill to designate a post office for Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, two people who lived a purpose-driven life that is a model for Americans. They have done a lot for the community of Plains, Georgia, as…

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Dec 4, 2024

I encourage my House colleagues to support this bill honoring Sergeant Hooser, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Comer) that the…

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Dec 4, 2024

I encourage my colleagues to support this bill honoring Sergeant First Class Shawn McCloskey, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Dec 4, 2024

I urge my House colleagues to support this bill honoring Chief Michael Maloney, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Comer) that the…

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Dec 4, 2024

In closing, I encourage my colleagues to support this legislation. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Comer) that the House suspend the…

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Dec 4, 2024

the mistakes that were made in the last Census have huge political consequences.

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Nov 18, 2024

You cannot complain about these issues, and when we are talking about, you know, the people that got skipped over, maybe or maybe not, ultimately there was a concern about safety.

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Nov 14, 2024

I thank the voters of America for overwhelmingly turning out to reelect a Republican majority in the United States House of Representatives. I had the honor of serving this Congress as chairman of the House Oversight Committee, and I plan…

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Nov 13, 2024

I look forward to working with the incoming Trump administration to get rid of waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the government.

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Nov 13, 2024

This appears to me the perfect example of bureaucratic overreach, the type of bureaucratic overreach I think the American people sent a loud message to Washington that they're fed up with.

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Nov 12, 2024

I thank the gentleman from Louisiana for yielding. Our foreign adversaries have been using information technology and telecommunications equipment to infiltrate and exploit the systems of Federal agencies. Congress has worked to address…

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Sep 25, 2024

This is National Bourbon Heritage Month. Kentucky-01 is home to the world's finest bourbon industry, including six distilleries, such as Maker's Mark, Buffalo Trace, Jim Beam, Bulleit, Jefferson's, Yellowstone, and many more of the world's…

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Sep 24, 2024

Real wages for workers are also lower since the start of the Biden-Harris Administration.

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Sep 24, 2024

The Biden-Harris Administration has imposed on the American economy.

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Sep 24, 2024

The Inflation Reduction Act and the American Rescue Plan did not reduce inflation or rescue Americans--it did the opposite.

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Sep 24, 2024

We will hold the Biden-Harris Administration accountable for the $1.7 trillion in new regulatory costs upon the economy.

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Sep 24, 2024

Americans deserve better, and we need to do better if we have any hope in what we all want for ourselves and our children.

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Sep 24, 2024

Bidenomics has had a devastating effect for families across this country.

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Sep 24, 2024

Americans must now spend over $11,000 more each year to have the same quality of life.

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Sep 23, 2024

I encourage my House colleagues to support this bill, remembering the sacrifices of Vietnamese Americans during the Vietnam war. I certainly thank the sponsor of the bill, Mrs. Steel from California, for her great work on getting this bill…

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Sep 9, 2024

In closing, we have heard here today broad consensus among my House colleagues that U.S. taxpayer dollars should not go to foreign biotechnology entities that steal Americans' genetic data, contribute to a foreign adversary's military, or…

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Sep 9, 2024

I have no further speakers and am prepared to close. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 4 minutes remaining. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I…

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Sep 9, 2024

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. First of all, WuXi AppTec and WuXi Biologics are two separate entities. Again, I was hoping to get some more clarity, and this is what puzzles me as to why WuXi Biologics is on this list. I…

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Sep 9, 2024

I have two speakers left. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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Sep 9, 2024

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky has 7\1/2\ minutes remaining.

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