I appreciate the opportunity to testify before the committee today and ask for your support for including this future interstate designation in the upcoming surface reauthorization bill.

The highway is also a crucial evacuation route for the southeast of the state in times of severe weather events.

I come before the committee today in support of designating U.S. 74 from Columbus, North Carolina, to Kings Mountain, North Carolina, as a future interstate, and to advocate for codifying this designation in the upcoming surface…

In my district, US-74 cuts through Cleveland, Gaston and Rutherford Counties. While each of those counties would benefit from the proposed designation, for Rutherford County the designation is critical to the county's economic…

If the District of Columbia wishes to become a state, I believe that we must pass a constitutional amendment.

Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Virginia, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise today as a partner in important work to prevent and treat child abuse through the bipartisan Stronger Child Abuse…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, no child should ever have to endure the pain of abuse or neglect by a parent or caregiver, and that is why today's work is so important. By passing today's bill, we…

Madam Speaker, H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446 are attempts by the Federal Government to exert more force over law-abiding citizens who want to protect themselves and their families. Let me remind my Democrat colleagues that the Second Amendment…

For some reason, when I turn on my mic, my video goes off. But there goes the video. So I hope you can hear me.

I'm a strong proponent of evidence-based policymaking.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the radical, partisan, and utterly shameful PRO Act. This unnecessary bill is an assault on American workers, employers, and the economy…