Jim Baird

As we approach America’s 250th birthday, we must renew our commitment to supporting those who have answered the call to serve and defended our precious freedoms from the Battles of Lexington and Concord through today.

It’s time to fully fund border security in our country. It’s time to secure America and fully fund ICE and CBP.

Establishing a Veterans Appreciation Month ensures that we dedicate time to recognize the courage, selflessness, resilience, and service of our veterans.

I rise to honor Joe Root, who has served Clinton County as a veteran service officer for 25 years and served with the Clinton County Sheriff's Office for 20 years. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1966 to 1970 and…

I rise to honor Phil Deckard, the former mayor of Martinsville, Indiana, who passed away at the end of last year. Phil dedicated 57 years of his life to public service and leadership in Morgan County and served four terms as the mayor of…

I rise today to honor Martinsville Police Chief Rick Lang, who is retiring from the Martinsville Police Department this month after over 50 years in law enforcement. He first became a law enforcement officer in 1974 and has spent most of…

I rise to honor Dr. Warren Macy, who has been a physician and an active member of the Greencastle, Indiana, community for over 50 years. He received his bachelor's degree and completed his medical school at Indiana University before…

I rise today to congratulate Yuri Kubo, a graduate of Purdue University and a native Hoosier who was 1 of just 10 candidates chosen for NASA's latest astronaut class. Yuri Kubo earned his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering in…

I am a decorated Army combat veteran who served in the Vietnam war. I know how well and how much the sacrifices our servicemembers make to defend our Nation. Access to timely healthcare for our veterans is mission critical for the VA, and…

Our adversaries are buying up our farmland. I mentioned that. The U.S. is currently losing 175 acres of farm and ranchland every hour for housing and other industries. The reduction in the amount of land for sale is contributing to the…

Unfortunately, due to a district commitment, I was unable to cast five votes today. Had I been present, I would have voted: YEA on Roll Call No. 182, Kelly, PA Amendment No. 3 to H.R. 6192; NAY on Roll Call No. 183, the Motion to Recommit…

Unfortunately, due to a district commitment, I was unable to cast three votes today. Had I been present, I would have voted: YEA on Roll Call No. 179, H.R. 3354, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I appreciate you holding this session. And, you know, I want to add my condolences to the Gold Star Families.

I will call them terrorist because that is what they really are.

Listen, there are vast differences that we have, whether it's on this issue or other foreign policy issues.

I urge this Committee to help rein in the power of the EPA and Fish and Wildlife Service and give clarification on definitions such as habitat.

It is unfortunate that our often-unelected bureaucrats can have so much influence on rural America, on the places that they have never visited, and on the people that they will never meet.

Unfortunately, in recent decades, unelected bureaucrats have misused the ESA, giving them far too much power over the lives of Americans and the economic vitality of our communities.

The Endangered Species Act is a well-intentioned law that should play an important role in protecting vulnerable and iconic species that define the American wilderness.

I have consistently fought to include funding in our congressional appropriations for this commission and am glad that the United Nations has also been very supportive.

When the Honduran people elected President Castro in 2022, they did so with the hope that her Administration would be a change from the status quo.

I just think that process really needs constant review.

I felt the process was somewhat disorganized as it was laid out and as--my constituents had extreme concerns.

I'm not saying there's not climate change. I'm not saying there's not scientific things we can do to keep a clean environment.