Mark Meadows

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

We hear a lot of discussion today on what is reasonable and small amounts. In fact, the pay raise that they are talking about is about $5.5 billion a year or $55 billion over 10. Actually, CBO would probably score it higher than that…

Before I make some statements, I would notify the gentleman from Maryland, my good friend, Mr. Cummings, that I have no additional speakers on this particular topic, so I am prepared to close at any time he would like to do so. Mr…

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Cardenas). The gentleman from North Carolina has 18\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Maryland has 15\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I am going to direct it to you. The same gentleman who is making the argument here today was not on the House floor talking about how evil the President was and how he should not be doing that. So I just want to make sure we correct the…

I appreciate the gentleman, but I want to make sure, Mr. Chairman, we correct the record because the gentleman is correct in 2009 and 2010. But we gave them raises in 2010. The Federal pay freezes were 2011, `12, and `13 when the same…

I am glad the Chairman made this admonishment because some of the comments that were just offered actually seemed to be directed at me from a standpoint of respect. I would remind the gentleman from Maryland, both gentlemen from Maryland…

It's amazing how the free market will put pressure on profits and corporations.

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for his leadership. Madam Speaker, I rise today because we have just heard, an hour before we came on the House floor, more debate about opening the government than we actually have had people…

I find it just fascinating that my Democratic colleagues come down here to the well of the House to talk about opening up the government when, indeed, it is their reluctance to negotiate at all that is keeping the government shut down. On…

We could be in for a long-term shutdown.

As I close out this particular Special Order, I think it is appropriate for us to remind the American people that there is a bad case of Potomac fever up here in Washington, D.C. They forget what they promised the American people, yet what…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I recognize the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Cloud).

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I recognize the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Palmer).

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I recognize the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Budd), my good friend.

I recognize the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Griffith), my good friend.

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I recognize the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Norman).

I thank the gentleman from New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I recognize the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Jody B. Hice).

I couldn't agree with the gentleman more. It is time that we deliver on behalf of the American people and fulfill the promises that the President made many months ago. Mr. Speaker, I recognize the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce)…

I will agree with my colleague from California, Mr. Garamendi, that we need to be putting more money into it.

This summer, reports surfaced that profiles of prominent Republican Twitter users were not appearing in automatically populated drop-down search results.

Out of the more than 300 million active Twitter users, why did this only happen to certain accounts?

But to most people, they might think of that as shadow banning.

In many ways, for some of us, it seems a little bit like the Wizard of Oz--we want to know what's going on behind the curtain.

Earlier this afternoon I voted for final passage of the House Amendment to S. 1182--National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2018 (Roll No. 373). I intended to vote against final passage of this legislation. ____________________