Steven Palazzo: “Mexico is actually increasing border security on their Southern Border.”

I thank the gentleman for his remarks. I thank you, Madam Speaker, for allowing me to host this Special Order today. It was great to hear from each of my colleagues on the importance of our Guardsmen and Reservists. I thank all who…

The likelihood--I don't think there are any handicappers in Las Vegas giving us good odds at making sure that we get our work done on time.

I thank Congressman Kelly for his remarks and his service. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin), who is a former Texas Army Guard and U.S. Army Reserve officer. He has over seven major commands and over 25,000…

At this time I recognize a colleague of mine from Virginia's Sixth District. He has seven major commands and over 9,000 guardsmen. I would like to note he serves on the Appropriations Committee. Ninety-two percent of all funding that…