John Culberson: “I want to first say that today we've had a reminder again of how much we owe our men and women in uniform. And I want to…”

I thank the gentleman for yielding. In 18 years, it has been my extraordinary privilege to represent the people of District 7. I have had the world's best role model as a Congressman. My predecessor, George H.W. Bush, was the first…

It is my privilege tonight to pay tribute to the life of a great Texan and a great American: Barbara Pierce Bush. Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess), my colleague.

My colleague is right. All of America is better because Barbara Bush has lived. All of us are better people for having known and admired Barbara Bush. She has been a source of inspiration to me, as I know she has been to my colleague from…

I can tell you, as a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, I am going to use every financial tool at my disposal to light a fire under every bureaucracy that I can find that is sitting on this money.