I still think the right thing to do is to get our government under control. We’re $37 trillion in debt and growing.
Kevin Hern
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Kevin Ray Hern is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Oklahoma's 1st congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, he has been in office since November 6, 2018. Hern has focused on issues such as economic development, healthcare, and education during his tenure in Congress. Before entering politics, he had a successful career in business, particularly in the restaurant industry.
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I’ve not heard anyone say they don’t want to cut anything. It’s just that they don’t like Elon.
But I still think the right thing to do is to get our government under control. We’re $37 trillion in debt and growing.
When you’re spending at twice the rate of what your revenue growth is, that’s a problem.
I send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 43 Resolved, That at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 20, 2025, the House shall proceed to the West Front…
I will always advocate for those who are suffering from a rare disease and support efforts to bring treatments for these diseases to market.
It is sad that what we are dealing with is stifled innovation and a decrease in patient access due to the Inflation Reduction Act.
It is critical that we keep innovation here in the U.S., but it is also critical that we make sure healthcare is affordable.
One way to do this is by reducing the regulatory burden so that Title IV-B funding recipients can spend more time helping children and families, and less time waiting through the red tape.
I am not confident today, where we stand now, that a child growing up today in a similar or other uncertain circumstances would have the same opportunity or ability to achieve the American dream.
It is deeply troubling to see the lack of moral clarity in university leaders who refuse to condemn antisemitic demonstrations on campuses.
This isn't just about expression. It is a dangerous endorsement of violence on American soil.
Every American should be outraged by what we are seeing across the country. These demonstrations are pro-terrorism and anti-American, and should be universally condemned.
For decades, prestigious colleges have slowly soiled their reputations by embracing Marxism, Confucius institutes, and moral relativism at the expense of merit, virtue, and truth.
It is just common sense, and I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this essential legislation.
I think it is disingenuous... to say that no one is going to pay a single cent.
I think it is important for everyone to know--and you know this to be certain--corporations don't pay taxes.
I think that you are going there evidences the fact that they are not always transparent in what they do, since all of their companies are basically owned by the CCP.
This is an extraordinary circumvention of the Constitution, that the Biden Administration has attempted to use an international agreement that Congress never approved to force Congress to raise taxes.
I think that if we don't make sure that our small businesses in America are taxed favorably so that they can create jobs, grow, and keep this economy going into the future, I always say for the record, there is not a single business in…
How harmful would it be for not only our economy, but our democracy, if Congress's hands were ever forced to rubber stamp Biden's poorly negotiated global minimum tax?





