Mike Lawler: “Reclaiming my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Womack). The gentleman from New York has the floor.”

Too many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have taken that posture and they’ve gotten nothing done.

Are you against our small businesses in the Hudson Valley being able to expense their plant, property and equipment and hire more people? Your attack on that rings hollow. You clearly don't understand what's actually in the tax bill.

Protecting children is paramount.

If you think he should have been deported when he was arrested for shoplifting, he should have been turned over to ICE. Under the new law that you support, he will not be turned over to ICE, and he will be released under cashless bail.