I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. I am interested to hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who designate themselves as moderates running around saying that they need a CBO score. Yet, we know this isn't paid for…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 228, nays 205, not voting 1, as…

We have to make a decision about what we are going to do to carry this country forward. We have to decide whether or not we are going to give people information that they can believe in and trust and make sure that the institutions that…

I appreciate my colleagues' tribute to Mr. Trumka. Whether or not we always agree with every issue, it is always great to see a life that is being honored here on the floor of the House of Representatives. I appreciate that. I appreciate…

What were those policies that President Trump and his administration put in place to actually secure the borders of the United States in 2019?

Isn't it a perversion of our law for the administration to tell the world: Come to the United States. Claim asylum. Let's be clear. This is what is happening almost explicitly. The administration is saying to the world: Come to the border…

As my friend from Arizona knows full well, the cause of this is the purposeful and willful disregard for enforcing the laws of the United States at our border. Our laws actually require the enforcement of the law at the border. The…

Would it surprise the gentleman from Arizona that one of the reasons that the Haitians got a different deal was they came up through Del Rio and they did so purposefully? Why did they target Del Rio, you might ask? My colleagues on the…

We have a few others: General Electric employees in Greenville, South Carolina, walked out over the vaccine mandate. A New York hospital will stop delivering babies as workers quit over a vaccine mandate. Nearly 1,900 Washington State…

Well, I thank the gentleman from Arizona for his comments. I believe my time is winding down. Mr. Speaker, how much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 1 minute remaining.

I think there is a theme for this administration, and this administration's theme is paying people not to work. In this case, they are paying people not to build a fence, despite the fact that the taxpayers of this country have paid for a…

I thank my friend from Texas for holding this time with my colleagues to talk about what is going on at our southern border and talk about how important it is that we do something about it. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Arizona for…