Brian Babin: “The biggest disaster will be the chilling of First Amendment rights for free speech and the arena of thought and ideas…”

Four years ago today, 13 brave U.S. service members and 170 civilians were murdered at Abbey Gate in Kabul. It was totally preventable. Biden’s disastrous withdrawal cost American lives.

The U.S. Academic Research Fleet enables us to use state-of-the-art equipment worldwide to conduct cutting-edge science that cannot be performed on land. This fleet is a key factor in making the U.S. research enterprise a global leader…

Supporting small businesses is as American as it gets.

I have no further requests for time, and I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.