Jodey Arrington: “So we don't want to go backward. We have five out of eight people living paycheck to paycheck.”

Mr. Speaker, the 19-century French philosopher, Alexis de Tocqueville, traveled across the United States in the early 1800s in search of what he said was "America's genius and greatness." He said that it wasn't in the commodious harbors or…

as we say in west Texas: ``Sun's up. Guns up.'' Our Texas Tech Red Raiders have gone through this football season, guns ablazing, and have taken the Big 12 by storm. They posted a historic 11-win regular season with an average victory…

Here we are, reconciliation 3.0, supporting our troops in their time of need,

I rise today to honor Dr. Ted Mitchell, chancellor of the Texas Tech University System for 15 years of dedicated service to Red Raider Nation in the great State of Texas. I am honored to have worked with Chancellor Mitchell over the years…