Vicky Hartzler

Thank you, Representative Fischbach. Life is precious, and it is jeopardized under this very poor bill, and so thank you for raising those points. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Colorado (Mrs. Boebert), a volunteer…

Well said, and I thank the gentleman so much. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Mrs. Fischbach), the first female president of the Minnesota Senate. She is a mother of two and grandmother of five.

Thank you, Dr. Green. That is excellent. ``Biology is not bigotry.'' It seems like common sense, but we are not talking about common sense with the Equality Act. And that is why we are here tonight, to let the American people know about…

Mr. Lamborn, such great remarks, so much common sense there. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Green), my friend, and an emergency room physician.

I thank Dr. Harris, and I appreciate his firsthand experience and thoughts on this very, very, serious matter. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn), cochair of the Values Action Team.

I want to denounce these actions of some Americans. This is violence.

This bill will give school districts the flexibility to allow off-duty law enforcement officers and qualified retired officers to carry a concealed firearm on school grounds.

For too long, we have witnessed countless and gut-wrenching acts of violence in our schools, and we have mourned, grieved, and called for action.

Unfortunately, top-notch care is often hampered by a shortage of doctors at the VA.

Our bill would place veterans' hospitals on a level playing field with the private sector when it comes to recruiting timelines.

These agreements may serve a purpose in the proper context but should never serve as a roadblock to caring for veterans.

Veterans have served our nation, and deserve the best care, opportunities, and support.

Far too many of our veterans continue to face this unnecessary burden at their most vulnerable time, creating financial hardships and jeopardizing their health. We must act now to move this bill forward and protect our veterans.

I believe that a bipartisan bill I introduced... will help the VA to fill some of their 40,000 VA health care worker vacancies.

I appreciate what my colleague is trying to do, but I do think that it is unnecessary, it is excessive, and it is redundant. The author of the amendment already said it is already being done. And servicemembers already have access to…

I wholeheartedly support this move to bring these agencies out closer to the farmers, closer to the consumers.

I do believe it is an epidemic, and it is impacting many individuals with long-term health problems.

It would place U.S. farmers at enormous risk and disadvantage if other countries can access these innovations, but U.S. producers can't.

Members from both sides of the aisle, especially those who claim to be pro-women and pro-children, need to stop this devastating legislation. The future of women's rights, privacy, protection, and athletic potential depends on it.

Last year, we lost 72,000 people to drug overdoses, 72,000. That is more people than died during the entirety of the Vietnam war.

I came away with the impression that we are at war. And it is with the drug cartels.

I love the analogy that the gentleman just shared about the Clemson game and going into a football game and how you have a ticket and there is a fence and you go through a point of entry and how the system works that way. It is common…

I thank the gentleman so much for his perspective, both as a doctor and as a military officer. His speaking of security means a lot. I think it is a good question. What number is it going to take? Are we really going to say: let's work…

I thank the gentleman so much for sharing those heartfelt words and those statistics. They really matter. I totally agree with the gentleman that our number one job is to keep America safe. The number one job is to keep America safe. That…

The gentleman makes some excellent remarks. The 300 deaths a day due to overdoses, the opioid crisis with 90 percent of the opioids coming across the southern border, that is why we have got to secure the border. I agree; we have a…