Mark Meadows

A critical part of recovery is also bringing back those jobs and making sure that the communities have those jobs and the infrastructure there.

I have had is I will get calls from local city council people that have filled out paperwork, only to find out that they have got to fill it out again and again and again.

What it does is that becomes our ability to actually share it with this administration and future administrations as we work to try to show how we are helping communities.

As we look at this in conducting proper oversight, we are going to count on you to help us with that oversight and making sure that we are effective with those programs.

Democratic governments must be transparent and accountable to the American people. Recordkeeping laws are vital to both. In support of transparency and accountability, the Federal Register Act of 1935, as my friend from the District of…

I thank the gentleman for his thoughtfulness. I have often said there are two ways things get done here in Washington, D.C.: slow and never. Let's hope that this is one of those times where it is just slow and that we get the Senate to act…

I want to thank the gentlewoman for her deliberative process and the way that she has managed that. I thank her. I think this is one of the rare moments where you have true bipartisan support on something that is just common sense. We need…

We would exclude a third of our country from the job pool for government jobs.

Part of meeting 21st Century needs is making sure we are addressing the current maintenance backlog plaguing our roads and bridges.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chair, let's be clear: H.R. 1 takes money from hardworking American taxpayers and puts it straight in the pockets of politicians. Let me be abundantly clear: This bill that the Democrats have…

The gentleman from Missouri is exactly right. It is the statutes that allow this President to do this. The statutes don't provide for national emergencies on climate change. They don't allow for national emergencies on gun violence. But…

What we're going to do is take back our country. 2012 is the time that we're going to send Mr. Obama home to Kenya or wherever it is. We're going to do it.

It is racist to suggest that I asked her to come in here for that reason.

I want to go ahead and close, if we can, at this particular point, but before I do so, I want to thank all of our staff. It is so easy at times for us to get up here, and yet the legislation that gets introduced oftentimes is not just due…

I thank the gentleman from Alabama for his leadership on this particular bill. I urge the adoption of it, and I yield back the balance of my time.

In closing, I want to thank the gentleman, again, for his thoughtfulness on this particular piece of legislation. I know that he has worked with my previous colleague, now the Governor of Florida, Mr. DeSantis, and we have great bipartisan…

A Democrat bill, H.R. 1, would actually use taxpayer dollars to reelect the Freedom Caucus chairman.

I thank the gentleman for his remarks. We have dozens of people who are willing to speak, but in the interest of time, none more important than the Republican leader. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr…

In consultation with my friend opposite, we are going to yield to the gentleman from West Virginia and then recognize the Republican leader after that, and then I will be prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman…

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Cardenas). The gentleman from North Carolina has 15\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Missouri has 8 minutes remaining.

I can tell you that when we look at sending a message, this sends entirely the wrong message. We need to make sure that we reward Federal workers, but we also hold them accountable. I urge rejection of this particular amendment. Mr…

I would highlight one thing. We are going through all these amendments that are clarifying and technical amendments and all of that. That could have all been avoided if we had just had a hearing and had a markup and we had gone through it…

I am going to keep my remarks brief as we have got a number of different amendments going through. I acknowledge the gentlewoman's tenacity and her willingness to offer this. I would point out, Mr. Chairman, though, this particular across…

I claim time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Carolina is recognized for 5 minutes.

To rehash all the reasons, both good and bad, I am willing to work in a bipartisan way with the chairman of both the committee and the subcommittee to try to find ways to address this issue. This amendment does not do that. Mr. Chairman, I…