As Secretary of Energy, do you think climate denialism is dangerous to the future of our country?

Some people love to denigrate and castigate the Federal workforce, but I do not do that.

From the beginning of his time in office, the last President made clear his desire to strip the Federal workforce of experts and replace them with loyalists.

If we have thousands of more political appointments, that is thousands of more positions that will take a year or two or even more to fill.

America is in a bit of a struggle right now over whether the job of the executive branch is to faithfully implement the laws that have been adopted by the people's representatives or whether it is to serve the personal whims and the…

I have no further speakers. I yield myself such time as I may consume for the purpose of closing. Madam Speaker, I urge everybody to support this fine legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I urge everyone to support the legislation, and I yield the back the balance of my time.

I thank Mrs. McBath for her magnificent leadership on this and her commitment to creating decent conditions in our prisons. I thank her for the beautiful example of her commitment based on her love of Jordan and her whole family and…

Our Constitution clearly defines roles for the branches of government. Congress writes the laws and appropriates funding.

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from South Carolina for her great leadership on this as well as Mr. Connolly from Virginia for his very hard work on it, too. In this century, public confidence in the Federal Government depends on…

As his Administration continued, Trump continued to undermine a professional, expert, nonpartisan Federal workforce, and to undermine scientific and policy expertise.

All of it follows from the lawlessness of Donald Trump, who made them launch this stupid impeachment investigation in the first place.

You can debate the substance of issues, all that you want in a wide open, robust way, you can debate the process is taking place as much as you want. But you cannot engage in face-to-face personal insults against other members including…

This was to me a radical breach of decorum and I would hope that Speaker Johnson, if not, Chairman Comer, could get on top of what's taking place over there.

At a certain point, the Republican conference is going to have to get on top of their Marjorie Taylor Greene problem, but instead they continue to empower her.

Before the gentleman leaves the Chamber, I thought I might note, I am going to give him some examples, some anecdotes and data since he appears to be legislating by vignette: In Summerville, South Carolina, last week there was a severe…

I thank the gentleman for pointing out that I accurately cited the statistics for all of the declines in crime and violent crime and homicides in the District of Columbia in 2024. Alas, I do have to correct my friend in his history because…

The distinguished gentleman from Arizona invites us to believe that the people of Washington, D.C., don't want to respond to spikes in crime in their own city. It is only in response to hearings called by Republican Members of Congress. I…

I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I think we have made some progress in this conversation because a plain reading of the distinguished gentleman from Florida's legislation indicates that what…

Let's see, no one on the other side has contradicted the plain, commonsense interpretation of this bill, which is that the District of Columbia Council will now be disabled from ever increasing a criminal penalty again, a criminal sentence…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland has 7 minutes remaining.

I find it frivolous that our colleagues across the aisle rejected the best bipartisan package we ever had, at least since I have been in Congress, on immigration.

I strongly support the Reuse Excess Property Act, which would increase transparency across the government by strengthening reporting requirements around excess personal property.

The military actually has really led the way in American history in terms of overcoming segregation, and Jim Crow, and the barriers to integration and diversity.

I appreciate today's consideration of the Federal Contractors Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act, as well as the work of our colleague, Ms. Mace, in leading on this legislation.