Mr. Speaker, to my friends in the body, this is a serious issue. ObamaCare, or the Affordable Care Act, as I said at the start, is a huge new entitlement. At a minimum, we would have a real debate about it. As has been pointed out, it…
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Joe Barton is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 6th congressional district from 1985 to 2019. During his tenure, Barton served as the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where he played a significant role in shaping energy policy and telecommunications legislation. He was known for his advocacy of fossil fuel interests and his support for deregulation in the energy sector.
Well, I thank the gentleman from Oregon. I am not going to be demagogic. I certainly respect the comments of the gentleman from Oregon and the gentleman of California. I was actually going to pay the gentleman from California a compliment…
Mr. Speaker, before I yield to Mr. Stockman, I want to apologize to the House for reading into the Record comments from citizens of the United States exercising their First Amendment rights. One of those citizens made a disparaging remark…
I thank the gentleman from Michigan. Mr. Speaker, before I yield to the gentleman from Florida, I want to read two more comments into the record from my Facebook page. The first one is from Kevin Hussey, H-U-S-S-E-Y. Kevin says: It's…
I thank the gentleman from Florida. Mr. Speaker, I want to read a couple of more comments from my Facebook page that have come in in the last days. This is from a gentleman named Richard Lay: Since ObamaCare my insurance rates have gone…
Thank you, Congressman Weber. Before I yield to my friend from far north Texas, Mr. Benishek, of the First District of Michigan, I want to read into the Record a comment that I received on my Facebook page. Now, most of these comments are…
I thank the gentleman. Before I yield to the Congressman from the Fourth District of Texas (Mr. Hall), let me read a few more comments into the Record from my Facebook page. This is from Kevin Jones: It hasn't hurt me yet, but it will. I…
Mr. Speaker, for the last hour, the minority in the House, the Democrat Party, has had the right to speak to the American people in their leadership Special Hour. I think the gentleman from Oregon and the gentleman from California did a…
I thank the gentleman from the Fourth District. I would point out to the Speaker that, yesterday, Congressman Hall was one of the Texas Congressmen who went to the World War II Memorial to make sure that our veterans on their honor flight…
Mr. Speaker, how much time do we have remaining in this Special Order? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bentivolio). The gentleman from Texas has 9 minutes remaining.
If I may let the Speaker know, this was an email sent to me from an American citizen. I was just reading something an American citizen wrote. These are not my remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from engaging…





