Bill Flores

So tax reform is clearly not the big issue.

Our growing deficit and debt represent a huge tax and fiscal obligation for future generations.

Do they have a budget which shows the true cost to their socialist projects like the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, free college programs that will explode the deficits and debt by over $100 trillion? No.

The tragedy of today's hearing is that the majority of this Committee and the House of Representative has buried its head in the sand.

The accumulation of dead or dying trees has allowed an unnatural and chaotic form of wildfires.

I thank Mr. Smith for all his great work to protect life and to reflect the values that this country holds dear. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in remembrance of the millions of innocent lives lost in the 47 years since the tragic Supreme Court…

By any number of metrics, our economy is really strong, thanks in large part to the policies implemented by Congress in 2017 and 2018 and by the Trump Administration.

I thank GOP leader Latta for yielding me time to support our bill. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of our resolution, H. Res. 575, which I introduced with my colleague Darren Soto from Florida, expressing strong support for the Prague…

On March 11 of this year, the Speaker of the House said the following in an interview with The Washington Post: ``Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there's something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I…

I am glad to be here with the honorable Speaker pro tempore from Texas as well. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support for S. 151, the TRACED Act. This legislation is a culmination of strong bipartisan work by the Energy and Commerce…

Again, I am offering this amendment on behalf of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess). This amendment requires the Export-Import Bank to take into consideration energy affordability, in addition to environmental impact, before approving…

I offer an amendment as the designee of Mr. Burgess. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 21, strike line 17 and all that follows through page 30, line 9, and insert the…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. McAdams The CHAIR. It is now in order to…

With all due respect to my colleague, I don't think he understands my amendment. Nuclear energy has zero emissions. Hydrogen has zero emissions. Natural gas has much-reduced emissions compared to coal. The advantage of nuclear energy is it…

On rollcall no. 608, I mistakenly voted no when I intended to vote yes. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Kelly of Illinois). The question is on the passage of the bill. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the…

Texas now leads the U.S. in wind production, and Texas also leads in adding renewable capacity.

I do consider it its own country.

Thank you, Madam Chair, for allowing me to wave on today.

I want to thank the FCC and Chairman Pai for their work and the administration to close the digital divide to cut bureaucratic redtape and to continue bringing more spectrum to the market.

the strong economic gains that have resulted from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and free market approaches

Presidential candidate Andrew Yang's proposed universal income would cost the federal government $2.8 trillion, and single payer healthcare would reportedly cost $32 trillion, in conjunction with a $93 trillion price tag for the Green New…

single payer healthcare would reportedly cost $32 trillion, in conjunction with a $93 trillion price tag for the Green New Deal

CBO estimates that the Democrats' 107 percent increase in minimum wage proposals can cost up to 3.7 million jobs.

the Democrats' 107 percent increase in minimum wage proposals can cost up to 3.7 million jobs

Andrew Yang's proposed universal income would cost the federal government $2.8 trillion