This is about protecting the hard-working taxpayer. And so how is that not taxation without representation...

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Arizona for yielding. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, in strong opposition to H. Res. 109, the Green New Deal. This resolution is nothing short of a socialistic takeover of our energy, our transportation…

By the will of Texas voters, we have added long-term state transportation funding solutions.

Texas is the only donor State to the Federal Highway Trust Fund.

But to blame everything on human activity and expect the United States of America... to pay carbon taxes...

``He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Arizona for this Special Order and for the opportunity to speak. Mr. Speaker, last weekend, a handful of colleagues and I toured the southern border between Arizona and Mexico, meeting with Border…

I certainly was. Mr. Speaker, as a Representative from the 36th District of Texas, I made a promise to my constituents and the American people to secure the southern border, and I intend to keep my promise. The last 2 months alone, Border…

Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 474.

Mr. Speaker, ``securing our border'' is a term that we have heard so often it has lost its punch inside the beltway. But that doesn't mean the American people have forgotten about it. We made a promise to our folks to secure our borders…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Our Nation lost a true patriot on November 30 with the passing of George Herbert Walker Bush. Our 41st President ascended to the office with an impeccable resume for the position, having…