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Today I have the honor of introducing my friend, Reverend Dr. Andrew Chaney. Reverend Chaney is a third-generation minister. He serves as the senior minister at the historic First and Calvary Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Missouri, a…
A constituent emailed my office this morning, and then she followed up with a call. She is fed up with ObamaCare. She is battling cancer, which requires travel to a neighboring State. She told me her health insurance had been canceled due…
I am here today to tell you that the Montanans are tired of the gridlock and ready for this pipeline to be approved.
The President's inaction and the bureaucratic delays have created uncertainty about whether or not my State will get to reap the benefits of this pipeline.
Energy development means better opportunities for employment. It means more revenue flowing into state and local government coffers for schools and for roads and economic growth and jobs for our communities.
Common sense would dictate to me that pipelines that are 40, 50, 60, some 70 years old and better would probably not be nearly as safe as a new state-of-the-art pipeline that we could build today.
All Americans are aware how our current Tax Code is too complex and punishes people who save, invest, and achieve economic success. However, the recent news coming from the IRS illustrates another pressing reason for tax reform. Our…
We're a Nation of builders. We all agree we need to get the Nation's economy growing again in order to create jobs. The manufacturing sector will play an integral role in creating jobs for hardworking Americans. As a member of the Energy…
We got the Columbia, Panama, and Korea Free Trade Agreements done last year that they had not been able to do for 6 or 8 years.
I think we need to all work as Americans for a solution here and forget this malarkey about each side of the aisle.
I think that there is a very real possibility in the world we work in today that if a terrorist launched a missile off of the U.S. coast from a freighter that could release an EMP, that the damage would be immense.
Normally when the government thinks something will cost $7 billion, it usually costs about three times and takes about three times as long to do as what they think.
I will disagree with my friend from Texas, Mr. Poe. He says that most countries will never be converted to our way of thinking, and I think that, hopefully, I believe they will.
We are trading with Russia right now. This doesn't hurt Russia. This is to prevent hurting us. This is to help our manufacturers and our farmers. If you took manufacturing and farming out of the United States of America, you wouldn't have…
Joplin's tragedies should serve as a warning to all of our Nation's communities that despite modern technology advancement, we are still very much at the mercy of extreme natural events like hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods.
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, we agree that we need to get our Nation's economy growing again in order to create jobs for American families. Increasing our Nation's exports is one area that would help grow the economy…
When a weather emergency strikes, local radio and television stations play an instrumental role in keeping families informed on vital warnings and emergency response efforts. A little over 1 year ago, the city of Joplin, Missouri, was…
One of the privileges we have as Members of Congress is to have the leader of a church back home deliver the opening prayer for the United States House of Representatives. Today, I am proud to introduce America to a friend of mine, the…
I am awestruck that we are sitting here having this discussion about apparently an administration aiding and abetting the Castro brothers in this endeavor.
You can deal from a position of defeat and doubt and decline like our colleagues across the aisle like to, but I wish I would have stepped 14 steps down the hall to my good friend from Oregon's office--that's how far our offices are…
There once was a man named Mel, and when he stepped to this microphone, he'd give 'em Mel. I rise today to recognize a former Member of this body and a friend and mentor, Congressman Mel Hancock. He would sign all of his letters or emails…
I came to Congress as a small business owner. And as any small business owner will tell you, the government can't create jobs, only the private sector can. I think it's easy to forget, but the United States Government does not have any…
I'm new to this House. I'm new to politics, actually. I'm a small business owner. I ran my own business for 30 years. And when you have your own business, you get a lot of free, unsolicited advice, and most of that advice is telling you…
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