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Jodey Arrington is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 19th congressional district since January 3, 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he has focused on issues such as agriculture, healthcare, and fiscal responsibility during his time in office. Arrington has been active in advocating for policies that support rural communities and economic growth in Texas. He has also served on various committees, contributing to discussions on budgetary and agricultural matters.
I want to say what an honor it has been to serve alongside the great Louie Gohmert. I have watched him on television, as we say, for many years, fighting the fight for our freedom, for the Constitution, and for the values that make America…
On November 14, the proudest Dimmitt Bobcat, biggest Texas Tech fan, and the legendary west Texas leader Kent R. Hance turns 80 years old. I wish my dear friend and former boss the happiest of birthdays and thank him for his tremendous and…
Lloyd Smucker is my brother. We came in together and served our first term in the 115th Congress. I know he is committed to this. I am proud and confident in his leadership on the Budget Committee. I just, again, share the sentiment of my…
I and my colleagues are going to spend the next hour raising to the attention of every American the large and looming crisis that hangs over the heads of our fellow Americans, but especially the next generation of Americans on account of…
We timed it perfectly. I will just wind down and then I will wind up the next speaker and dear friend and fellow Texan. James Madison, I think, summarized it in his statement: A public debt is a public curse, and in a Republican form of…
I thank the gentleman from Kansas. I think it is important to be honest with the American people even if the truth hurts. When I am asked who caused this disastrous level of debt, this deep hole that we have dug for our children and…
I thank the gentleman from Michigan for his heartfelt comments and his deep concern for our country and our Nation's future under this gigantic weight of $30-plus trillion in debt and this dark cloud and the clouds that gather. Mr…
I couldn't have said it better myself, and I thank the gentleman from Texas. We need to harness that passion, and we need to unify not only our conference to lead by example but the entire United States Congress to take this on. We do have…
I am grateful to Mr. Kelly and proud to call him a friend and colleague. I am going to shake his hand as he leaves. Listen, this is what it is going to require. It is going to require that level of push and punch and clawing and…
That was well said by my friend, Representative Garcia. I thank him for his service to the country in the Navy and in the United States Congress. Mr. Speaker, I am inspired tonight. I am inspired by my colleagues who are ready to fight by…
I thank my friend from Wisconsin and I am grateful for his courage. He speaks truth. He is not up here to win friends and influence people; he is up here to make sure the outcomes of our decisions are in the best interests of our country…
I thank my friend from Ohio for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I associate myself with Mr. Jordan's sentiments, and I might even take an even stronger and more critical opposition to these so-called law enforcement bills. I certainly don't want to…
The last time my Democrat colleagues used reconciliation to jam through a massive partisan spending spree, it was under the pretense of COVID recovery. Not only did they ``fail to rescue America,'' they destroyed our recovery efforts and…
Too often, Mr. Speaker, we skip over the fundamental principle and precept and driver of the Second Amendment, so let's reaffirm our faith here. Our Founders were determined to fight against their own government for our freedom and…
Trista and Chris Hamsmith lived every parents' worst nightmare when their 18-month-old daughter, Reese, swallowed a button battery from the back of a remote control. It went undetected for a couple of days before an x-ray revealed that the…
I thank my friend from Washington State. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle's efforts to create a national policy that allows for terminating a pregnancy at any stage, for any reason is not only extreme and outside of the…
God's Word says, To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. On June 21, 2022, after 76 years, Donald Wayne Porter went home to be with his Lord. Despite a battle with Parkinson's that may have overcome his body, it never…
Moral hazard. We are sleepwalking off the cliff. The problem with this crisis is, as I said, when Humpty Dumpty falls and shatters it is going to be difficult to put him and the exceptional nature and the superpower leadership of this…
Amen. Madam Speaker, I thank Representative Mann for his contributions to this important conversation with the American people. I am proud to have also met and befriended a gentleman from the great State of Utah. The first time we met, I…
I thank Representative Mann for bringing up the stepped-up basis repeal. Republicans didn't get a vote in this largest tax-and-spending bill that was called Build Back Better, that some have not so affectionately referred to as build back…
I thank the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Moore), beating the drum and sounding the alarm is a big part of it. I think at some point it is hard to calculate and get your mind around the trillions of dollars that are amassing. We have added $7…
Wow, I have to really hold back here because I have other colleagues that have important things to say, but when I listen to my friend Michael Cloud, I am inspired because he is a man driven by conviction. I have watched him, and I admire…
I thank the gentleman from Michigan, my friend, for his comments. I am, again, proud to serve with him, and he brings such reason and common sense. He is right to say that it is not a partisan issue and that the debt and those things that…
I couldn't be more proud to serve alongside of Ron Estes. The people of Kansas are well served, letting him be their voice in the people's House. You mentioned the disastrous economic plan and policies of this administration. It is hard to…
Tonight we are going to talk about a subject that gets too little attention in this Chamber and too little debate and consideration among lawmakers. Yet the storm clouds are gathering, and an epic crisis looms large over the future of our…
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