Mike Johnson

Because I have talked to landlords in my district back home, who are deeply concerned about this...

When you Federalize this, you diminish that accountability, and eliminate that responsibility that local politicians should have.

There is an inclination right now among many of our Democrat colleagues in Congress to Federalize everything, not just housing with legislation like H.R. 1451, but we see it with voting and policing and many other issues.

The poison of Donald Trump's big lie has put our democracy in peril.

I thank all my colleagues for participating tonight. I realize we are out of time. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

Amen to that. I appreciate my friend and those great comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield next to the gentleman from the Sixth District of the great State of Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman) with more thoughts about Israel.

We will keep fighting, indeed. I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Higgins).

I thank my friend for his important comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Bishop).

I thank my friend for that great reminder. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Hice), my friend from Georgia's 8th District.

I thank my friend from California, and I move to the great State of Texas next, the 36th District. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin).

I thank our conference chair from the great State of New York, and we will go across the country to the other coast to the State of California, the 25th District represented by Mr. Garcia. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from…

I thank the gentleman from Texas. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Stefanik), our newly elected conference chairwoman.

That does sum it up. It is a very real crisis we face. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas' First District (Mr. Gohmert). {time} 1945

There are three major crises we are talking about again tonight: the economic crisis here at home, the crisis happening close to home at our southern border, and what is happening to our closest ally in the Middle East, Israel. I yield to…

We are admonished even by Scripture to pray for the peace of Israel, and we will. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Minnesota's Seventh District (Mrs. Fischbach).

I thank the gentleman for those remarks on Israel. We do stand strong with them. Mr. Speaker, I yield next to the gentleman from Arkansas' Second District (Mr. Hill).

During my time tonight, my colleagues and I will address three major crises happening here at home, happening close to home at our southern border; and happening to our closest ally in the Middle East, and that is Israel. Each of these…

On this somber occasion, we rise to honor the late Buddy Roemer. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1943. He was a Harvard- educated reformer with big ideas. He represented Louisiana's Fourth Congressional District here in the House…

In order to meet the scientific and technical challenges of tomorrow, we must continue to build and grow a continuous pipeline of STEM students today.

We need to go back to critical--I am sorry--classical education, where we teach people how to think as opposed to what to think.

America is a country that has fought to free slaves.

We need to recognize that elections matter.

I don't see systemic racism. I see systemic corruption.

As Frederick Douglass stated, 'The life of a Nation is secure only while the Nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.'

We must continue to move our country forward; to remain cognizant of the past, because we learn from our history.