It is my district that has been most severely injured by this pause which has in itself injured the planet.

In closing, I encourage my House colleagues to support this bill honoring First Lieutenant Thomas Michael Martin. I encourage support on both sides of the aisle, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The…

I encourage my House colleagues to support this commonsense bill to support the GAO Inspector General in carrying out their oversight mission. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on…

In closing, I encourage my House colleagues to support this bill honoring a veteran and a local postmaster, Dessie A. Bebout. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered…

I support the bill, Mr. Speaker, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Higgins) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R…

This bill would increase government efficiency and save taxpayer dollars by eliminating unnecessary reports. Mr. Speaker, I thank Representatives Garcia and Grothman for their leadership on this issue and for the House Budget Committee's…

In closing, I encourage my House colleagues to support this bill, to honor Staff Sergeant Rolfing, who paid the ultimate sacrifice in protecting our country, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is…

I have no further speakers on this bill, and I am prepared to close. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has the only time remaining.

I have no further speakers on this bill, and I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my House colleagues to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered…

I have no further speakers at this time on this bill, and I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The…

I encourage my House colleagues to support this bill, to honor John Charles Traub, a veteran and postmaster who served his community with honor. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on…

Congress frequently falls short of the will of we the people. We know this as Representatives. We struggle to do our best. Rarely do we have an opportunity to set things right. I have worked for 8 years on the Social Security Fairness Act…

I thank Chairman Green for recognizing me for such time as I may consume, whereas any other Member of Congress would need only about 1 minute to provide this commentary. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 794, the CTPAT Pilot Program Act…

I don't know where to begin. I have 5 minutes. I could use 500. The American people are watching. They recognize that our Nation suffers under the burden of a threatened government shutdown and the very real threat of millions of illegals…

This kind of thing requires accountability, ladies and gentlemen.

The American people are feeling discarded. They are feeling like their struggles get lip service.

To my colleagues across the aisle, this is about the quality of the evidence. Surely everyone recognizes that the Oversight Committee is the body of authority of Congress that has responsibility to hold the executive branch accountable. In…

The American energy industry and the American petrochemical industry is, with no debate, the cleanest producer of affordable energy product and affordable petrochemical product in the world.

But to have it--have an agenda-driven Green New Deal, anti-American, anti-American-energy, anti-American-petrochemical agenda shoved down our throat by an Administration that claims it is doing so on behalf of protecting the world's…

Too late. It has already happened.

I appreciate the work that has been done on the underlying bill. I rise on behalf of my amendment No. 60 to H.R. 8774, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for 2025. My amendment specifies that the United States Navy shall use…

Just to clarify for the American people, what we are dealing with is an executive order from the President, which has resulted in rules being written and mandated through government projects, major government projects that impact every…

We do not oppose unions. We support freedom. We oppose oppression of rights and individual liberties.

I do not oppose unions. I support freedom. I do not oppose our President. I oppose oppressive actions out of our executive branch.

The President of the United States issued an executive order saying 90 percent of the workforce of American people does not qualify for these government bids. It is quite unrighteous.