Clay Higgins

Ensuring these facilities are secure is vital to my State and district and by extension the entire country.

The chemical industry is vital to Louisiana's economy. In Louisiana it is a $50.5 billion industry.

How do you guarantee the citizens of your State that access to a controlled voting environment or precinct is limited to a legal vote?

May I remind all of us that sometimes even Federal elections are determined by very, very few number of votes.

Our goal here in this committee is shared on both sides of the aisle, we want every legal vote to have access to the poll.

In my opinion, and those of my colleagues, I believe on both sides of the aisle, we need to move forward carefully.

Would this have a chilling effect on the freedom of speech of Americans assembled from sea to shining sea?

This is not a bill of the people, by the people, and for the people; it's a bill of trial lawyers, for trial lawyers, and by trial lawyers.

That expiration date will come if H.R. 1 passes.

The oaths that I took in my life were not to a company commander or a general or a sheriff or a chief or a marshal; they were to the Constitutionalist principles that my oath represented.

It gives almost total partisan government control over the freedom of political speech in a representative republic.

This bill resembles Russian Government policy.

One word describes this thing: wrong. Just wrong.

If we can send one man to the Moon, why can't we send them all?

I join my colleagues in the goal to reach Mars by 2033.

We are discussing human trafficking today which by its very nature means children

I have a map in my office that shows the areas of the United States that have been impacted by flood. It is virtually the entire country. This is the House of ``We the People.'' This is an easy ``yes'' vote. I urge my colleagues on my side…

I support this program and the completion of this crucial project. I believe the money should come from offsets in other areas.

It makes sense that at this juncture we would divest some of those responsibilities to the appropriate agency.

I believe we are on the right track here, because the DOD needs to handle defense and warfare capabilities in any theater of engagement.

Administrator Bridenstine, you display a tremendous amount of common sense, which makes it very clear why you are no longer in Congress.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

We are a nation that's $20 trillion in debt. And should this body ever manage to produce a surplus, say, $1 billion, it would require 20,000 years of $1 billion surplus to address a $20 trillion debt.

It is our obligation to make sure that the resources we do have are directed at the veterans that need care.

Our veterans and our doctors deserve to know that all the VA's resources are being optimized to deliver care.