May I inquire how much time I have remaining. The CHAIR. The gentleman has 1 minute remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. The salary of William…

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has 45 seconds remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. The salary of Christopher…

Over the past few months a salt mine in my district, Morton Salt's Weeks Island Mine, a salt mine that has been in operation for many, many years, has been unrighteously targeted by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, MSHA. In…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 26, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(decreased by $1,000,000)''. Page 32, line 23, after the dollar…

Do I appear to be anything less than very serious? This is a serious body. I come from a humble background. I know what it is to earn a dollar or not. I rise in support of this action because it is the right thing to do. Madam Chair, I…

The purpose of today's hearing is to examine how transnational criminal organizations commit incalculable horrors and disregard for human life in their trafficking schemes.

The Biden administration has unwittingly facilitated cartel operations at the Southern Border, and, as a result, we face a human trafficking crisis.

I look forward to working with my colleagues as we work to fight human trafficking, strengthen our border security, and bring these criminals at the border to justice.

the policies of the Biden administration have, I believe, unwittingly facilitated the business models of the cartels who would thrive on human misery and human trafficking and drug trafficking.

The border crisis has facilitated an immigration crisis in the United States and has allowed criminal cartels to sprout--to prosper by exploiting the most vulnerable individuals.

The EPA does not need armed agents loaded with attitude rolling up on American citizens trying to mind their own business. This is happening. It is stunning but it is happening. You have armed EPA agents rolling up on our farmers with no…

The Biden administration has been quite focused on destroying the American energy industry. This entire insane focus on allegedly protecting a species of whale in the Gulf of Mexico has been used by the Biden administration to attempt to…

Today we are focused on United States Coast Guard engagement in the Indo-Pacific region.

This is the balance that we seek to invest American treasure effectively, efficiently, appropriately, in order to counter the growing threat of China.

Our Nation has suffered a generational trauma brought upon our citizenry by the Biden administration policies as enacted and executed by Secretary Mayorkas.

We need to get to the point in cyber where people are scared to hit the enter button, and they are not scared.

I see how suck we are at security as a Nation and as a world.

I would urge you guys, I've talked to Kay Granger about doing some sort of cutout where you say, this percent of your budget can be spent on a breach response.

The United States is not secure. We suck at security.

It is a really painful discussion for my constituents and my family back home. I feel that our Nation, in many ways, has betrayed our biblical responsibility to care for our elders.

That will help recoup lost revenues right now to close the tax gap and will reduce the deficit.

I thank my colleague Congressman Good, and I appreciate the words of wisdom of my colleague Ralph Norman. Mr. Speaker, let me begin with an uplifting statement. God is still on the throne, and we, his humble children, have a responsibility…

Our Nation can still succeed, reflective of the will of the people that we have sworn to serve. What we require in order to deliver is not an imagined, unreachable goal or an unreasonable demand. What we require of our Republican…