Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 117. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it. recorded vote

The United States cannot continue to stand idly by. We must use our authority. We must use our position as leaders in the world to curb these practices and send a clear message to everybody that not only will we not tolerate this assault…

I thank the chairman for allowing this bill to come to the floor. Mr. Speaker, I am here today to urge support of and for H.R. 1540, the Falun Gong Protection Act, a bill I have introduced to confront one of the most egregious, barbaric…

So you’re welcoming criminals.

This past Saturday, February 22, 2025, beautiful York County, Pennsylvania, was shaken by a horrific act of violence. Officer Andrew Duarte of the West York Borough Police Department was killed in the line of duty while responding to an…

There’s always room for improvement.

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 78, strike lines 15 through 16. Page 79, strike lines 1 through 2. Page 79, line 7, strike ``through…

I thank my good friend, the chairman of the committee, for his hard work to try to save one of our country's greatest assets that we see burning to the ground on an annual basis. We are always shocked, like we are surprised that it…

Let's not mislead anybody here. We have amendments. This is one, and I think there is another one coming very shortly from the other side of the aisle, which is awesome. We want to have these debates. This is not ideological. Maybe it is…

Right now, while we are talking about it, there are criminal aliens convicted of murder in their country, some more than one time, walking around our country. They are going to stay here until we can deport them, and we are not offering…

I agree with the gentleman from Texas. We don't have much time to do this. While we talk and talk, we have also been given a mandate for transformational change. To my good friend from Texas, transformational change doesn't include doing…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. I am happy to join him, and I am happy to join him in what I think he is saying, which is what I am saying. I am saying yes to fulfilling the President's agenda and mandate to secure the…

Your job is to count, sir, and you should count citizens of the United States for apportionment and voting rights.

So, I can be someone who is from a foreign country, not a citizen. I just come over here, and I move here and I am accounted to make decisions on behalf of the citizens of the United States.

You should not be counted. Should you be able to vote? Correct. You should not be able.

The Census Bureau in Kamala Harris' home state of California, it is the No. 1 state of people moving out in 2024.

We get kicked in the face by having all other people coming here anyway.

The Biden-Harris Administration has released 617,000 illegal immigrants with known criminal backgrounds.

Illegal aliens are a net drain on America.

The Chair thanks our witnesses for being here today to discuss the effectiveness of building codes and the Federal Government's role in encouraging their use.

I don't think and she doesn't think that that should be a cost burden borne by every single American citizen who doesn't have access to the nice home with the view of the creek.

We don't believe that FEMA and the Federal Government should tell us what we should be doing as far as the plumbing and HVAC codes in Nevada.

We cannot afford 4 more years of a chaotic border.

I am deeply concerned that under this current administration, FEMA continues to push these types of ideology-based agendas.

Had I been present, I would have voted AYE on Roll Call No. 406. Stated against: