"I don't think that Chair Jordan's introduction of legislation constitutes a threat in violation of the First Amendment."
"The legislation itself contemplated granting the District of Columbia a voting representative, but only in the House, not in the Senate."
"Why wouldn't every citizen want to know if there is an officer coming from another jurisdiction who has been convicted of an assault?"
"It has been a historical struggle to desegregate the Army, to let African Americans into the Army, to let women into the Army, to let gay people serve in the Army publicly."
"Potential recruits are not afraid of going woke. They are afraid of going broke."
"It would be great if we actually had the Department of Defense here to speak to this question of what we are doing to compensate the newly recruited members of the armed forces."
"The Army fell short of its recruitment goals by 15,000 last year. Why has it become more difficult to recruit people into the military?"
"Today's braces are largely used to exploit a loophole in the regulatory structure to allow owners to turn their weapons into short-barreled rifles."
"There really is no difference in the power and potential violence of the weapon, and there is very little difference in the weapon's design."
"The COVID-19 pandemic came to America in 2020, of course, when Donald Trump was President. And that President's policy failures, magical thinking, and total recklessness caused, according to his own s..."
"the role of our committee is to ensure that our government and laws would make our working effectively, efficiently, and equitably for the American people."