Garret Graves: “We need to stand behind this majority. We need to stand behind the greatest Speaker in modern history that has delivered…”

The reason that we purchased Alaska was largely the geography, as well as the natural resources, and the abundance of that State is profound and just critically important.

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…

I don't have any more speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.