Vicky Hartzler

Thank you for your leadership on this. That issue is just so important to farmers all across this country and to rural communities, which could certainly use that $3.3 billion. Now I would like to turn to my friend from Oklahoma, Markwayne…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte) for his leadership on this, and I thank the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith) for sponsoring this bill. Whether you are pro-choice or pro-life, I think we can all agree on this: it is…

A religious text or symbol that is visible in a commanding officer's office? No, ma'am. A commanding officer can have whatever he has on his desk, a Bible, or a Quran, or whatever it may be.

Thank you very much for your leadership, and for bringing up those excellent points. Now I would like to turn to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Huelskamp) to share his thoughts on this important topic, the military and religions freedom.

Thank you, Representative Lamborn. That was very good. I appreciate the summary of some of the concerns that we had of the pattern that has developed of the intolerance in the military of religious expression. So thank you for your…

Thank you so much, Representative Williams. Well said. I appreciate it very much. Now I would like to yield to a real leader on this, one who has been at the forefront of ensuring that our men and women in uniform are not discriminated…

Thank you very much, Representative Collins. Well said. The oath that you talked about, I want to expound on it a little bit so people understood that what Mikey Weinstein did has had an effect. The Air Force Academy actually removed a…

And my fellow colleagues, I wanted to share with you a picture that I have in my office, and it is my favorite picture. It is the famous picture of President and then- General George Washington on his knees praying at Valley Forge. Of…

I thank you for your kind words expressing how important it is we stand strong for our military. We want our military to be strong, and their ability to be able to pray and hold on to their faith, to express their faith is what makes them…

Thank you very much. We started off with a poster of George Washington praying at Valley Forge. We have come a long ways in this country. You have heard the stories tonight of how that freedom to express religion is under attack. It is…

Thank you. We have another friend from California here, Representative Doug LaMalfa. We are so glad that he is here, and I want to yield time to you to hear what your thoughts are on this very important topic of religious freedom in our…

Thank you, Congressman Hultgren. I think that is a very good point--that we should defend their rights as they are defending us. I am looking forward and very much appreciate my colleague from Michigan, who is here tonight as well, because…

Thank you. I really appreciate you bringing your Bible and sharing that story. I think that really brings home how things have changed and how we need to go back to having an administration and a Department of Defense that protects and…

Thank you so much Representative Fleming. Your leadership has really made a difference and appreciate your comments. I know another colleague from Texas who is a captain in the Army probably has a few things to share about this so I would…

I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Keith Rothfus, who is new here but, boy, he hit the ground running. Appreciate your leadership, Keith. What would you like to share tonight?

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

Thank you very much, Keith. Good point there. Now I yield to a friend from Kentucky, Andy Barr.

Thank you very much, Bill. Those were very eloquent remarks. You really brought home the need that it is time for solutions and all the challenges that we are facing. Before I go to our other friends here, I do want to get this motion in…

Thank you, Kerry. And thank you for your leadership. I know you have been going down to the World War II Memorial and helping to open up the barricades for our Honor Flights coming in. It is sad that we have to do that, but thank you for…

Thank you very much, Marlin. That is right: it is time for solutions. And I very much appreciate you bringing up the concern with the taxes. We haven't talked about that yet tonight, but there are 20 new taxes in ObamaCare, and especially…

Thank you, Randy. It is an honor to stand beside you in this. This is a time for solutions. And people wonder, Can we get this right? Can we make things better? Can we keep the opportunity for the future? With you, I would say, Yes, we…

I thank you, Mr. Scalise, talking about the leadership that we have been providing here in the House. I think it is very important that people know, we proactively worked to make sure that government stayed open. We passed these bills way…

Thank you, Chris. I really appreciate your perspective. As a former Air Force pilot, I think what you said about leadership is very true. It is time for the President to show some leadership and for us to get together and to talk about…

Tonight the country is facing great challenges--the challenges of ObamaCare, of runaway spending here in Washington, and of our fiscal crisis that is increasing our debt over and over again. Now is the time for solutions, and now is the…

Thank you, gentleman. I think that was very helpful to review all the steps of what we have done to keep this government open, and how each one of our attempts has been rebuffed and how the door has been slammed in our face time and time…