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On the recordNovember 18, 2019
Mr. Speaker, I thank my dear friend and fellow Texan, Mr. Chip Roy. Get your guns up, Mr. Roy. I thank you for that introduction, and I thank you for hosting tonight's Special Order for our friend and fearless leader for Texas and for this great Nation, Rick Perry. It is, I think, pretty telling that every Texan who has taken the mike to pay tribute to our friend Rick Perry has spoken with the fondness of a deep friendship, and I think that is a tribute to Secretary Perry. He was a man who could connect with just about anybody--not because he had the special political gift; it is because he had genuine love for people. That was his gift. I am glad that God saw fit to allow him to deploy that as our Governor, as Secretary, and in public service for many, many years. My favorite Rick Perry quote: If you want to make America great again, make it more like Texas. Mr. Speaker, in the summer of 2017, Energy Secretary Rick Perry unveiled a vision for our Nation, not only to become energy independent, but energy dominant. Predictably, some in the mainstream media responded by dismissing it as overly ambitious and unrealistic. The Washington Post said about his vision that it was ``dominated by misleading claims.'' The Los Angeles Times said that the plan ``threatens the entire planet.'' Not only did their criticism miss the mark on both accounts, but, fortunately, for the American people, they were definitively disproven by our friend and fearless leader, Secretary Rick Perry.…

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