I am not a big fan of the CFPB and Dodd-Frank.

The Small Business Broadband and Emerging Information Technology Act, H.R. 4677, addresses the bipartisan push for nationwide broadband.

We have great community colleges and universities, all of which do great training and workforce.

Today I want to rise and recognize my friend Judge Charles D. Thomas, who died recently and who was a great mentor and friend to me. Judge Thomas was a former military member and served as a company commander in the Mississippi Army…

It is an honor today to rise in memory of Army Sergeant Julius E. McKinney, who paid the ultimate sacrifice while defending our Nation during the Korean war. Sergeant McKinney was a member of the Heavy Mortar Company, 32nd Infantry…

I thank the chairman for yielding. In my district, the Small Business Administration has made tremendous and direct impact with the 7(a) Loan Program by helping small businesses that are not able to find or obtain capital through…

And thank you for what you do.

I thank Chairman Thornberry for his continued leadership in rebuilding and reforming the Department of Defense. Today I rise in strong support of H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. As a 32-year veteran…

This is a very important issue to me. And I come from an area that is booming right now.

I think we need to be more in the range of 604.

We have got to look and smell the same, whether it is Active or Reserve.

If you want me to go fight the enemy as a National Guardsman, I have got to have an M1A2 SEPv2 tank.

I am humbled to rise today in the memory of Mississippi Army National Guard Sergeant Kyle Clayton Thomas, who was killed on May 29, 2017, in a rollover incident at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. Sergeant Thomas and…

I rise, as we enter this Memorial Day weekend, to recognize all of those great Americans who have given their lives for the freedoms that we enjoy. This Nation can never forget those who preserved our Nation and died way too soon. God…

I am humbled to rise today in the memory of United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal Mark Lucas Tucker, who was killed on June 8, 2005, in a nonhostile vehicle accident on Alternate Supply Route Uranium in Iraq. Lance Corporal Tucker, a…

I am so scared with all this BCA [Budget Control Act] and sequestration and all these things that people are failing to understand that we are at critical risk in this Nation of asking our armed services to take massive casualties because…

I am humbled today to rise in memory of Army Sergeant First Class Christopher Lee Robinson. He paid the ultimate sacrifice while defending our Nation on March 25, 2006, during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Sergeant Robinson…

Congress has one primary duty, in my opinion, and that is to provide for the defense of this nation.

it amazes me that we are arguing over the negative effects of the BCA. It is detrimental, it is extremely risky, it is possibly dangerous to not repeal the BCA.

I truly believe that the President's $603 billion mark is not enough. I truly believe that number should be 640 and not 603.

It is much more costly to fight a war than it is to preserve peace.

I often say that a country must be able to defend itself and feed itself in order to be secure.

It is important to note by portraying and having strength in our military, it preserves peace and prevents wars.

I am humbled today to rise in memory of Army Sergeant Robert Shane Pugh. He made the ultimate sacrifice while defending our Nation on March 2, 2005, during Operation Iraqi Freedom III. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry…

Today I am humbled to rise in memory of Army Sergeant First Class Sean Cooley. Sean was my friend, and on this day in 2005, he paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect our country. It was a privilege to serve with him during our deployment…