Garret Graves: “I want to start out this morning, and I want to congratulate and welcome my good friend, Steve Cohen, as ranking member.”

Closed primaries, he said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.

In closing, naming the House Press Gallery after Frederick Douglass is going to honor his commitment to the free press, his legacy, and his work reporting on the official business of Congress. I urge support of House Resolution 137, and I…

Closed primaries, they said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.

The Federal Government used to just throw billions and billions of dollars in the aftermath of a disaster and didn't pay appropriate attention, in my opinion, on the front end of what we can do to actually avert disasters.