Josh Brecheen

This amendment defunds the self-reported nonpartisan Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. I purposely am using the air quotes for ``nonpartisan'' given what I am about to relay. This think tank publishes articles and hosts…

This amendment reduces funding for the National Endowment for the Arts back to 2019 levels. It is a modest cut at $49 million, an overall cut of less than 0.13 percent of the entire bill. This leaves $155 million for the program on which…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 16, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $16,366,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…

Peace through strength is something that many of us believe in. It is the concern over the lack of our economic prowess, the lack of our strength why this amendment is before this body. Again, was there not enough government spending in…

This amendment would return funding for the U.S. Institute of Peace back to fiscal year '19 funding levels. In doing so, this amendment would save $16.3 million. This amendment, again, returns spending for this specific agency back to…

I respectfully disagree. We are not retreating on the world stage. What we are trying to do is get our fiscal house in order so that America can cheat history as a republic that can outlast most democracies. I will contend we are not a…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 47, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $139,575,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…

Returning back to pre-COVID spending levels, I have to ask the question to any colleague, whether it be Democrat or Republican: Was not the amount of government spending pre- COVID in 2019 enough? There is an old saying that however much…

This amendment is going to reduce funding for educational and the cultural exchange programs back to the 2019 levels. This is a modest cut that will reduce spending by less than 3 percent, back to 2019 spending levels. It leaves $700…

This amendment would eliminate funding for the Global Environment Facility at the World Bank, saving American taxpayers nearly $140 million. This amendment represents a roughly 0.3-percent reduction in spending for the bill overall. The…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $20,000,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

This amendment would prohibit drag shows and drag queen story hours at U.S. military bases and installations. This measure is essential to ensure that our military remains focused on its core mission. President Biden and his Department of…

This amendment simply codifies what the DOD stated last year that, ``holding these type of events in federally funded facilities is not suitable use of DOD resources.'' I remind my colleagues that the language in this amendment passed in…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, add the following new section: SEC. 17__ LIMITATION ON FUNDING…

I think the thing that we need to be shouting from the rooftops in Washington, DC, is we are headed toward bankruptcy as a country because we continue to do things the Constitution never gave us permission under the rule of law to do.

The Tenth Amendment is very plain.

I think the States are the best poised to make these determinations.

The moment they are paroled by this administration, I will submit as a member of the Homeland Security Committee...

To admit foreigners indiscriminately to the rights of citizens, the moment they put foot in our country would be nothing less than to admit the Grecian horse.

I filed a bill on that, by the way.

The migration is because there has been an advertisement under this administration, come into this country.

I think that this avoids accountability for the invasion of our Southern Border.

Do you think, Ms. Nobles, that the Secretary is doing everything he can to secure that Southern Border?

Just their reluctance to simply enforce Congressional law, whether it is parole, detention, deportation, these are all things that Congress set up as a barrier to protect us against the heinous acts that the mothers in this room, your…