John Ratcliffe

I thank Chairman Dent and the ranking member for their hard work on behalf of the 63,000 veterans in my district, as well as servicemembers and veterans from all across the country. I am also grateful for the support of Congressman Shuster…

We can't continue to ignore it.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division C (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

The 700,000 Texans that I am grateful to represent didn't elect me to posture or message. They elected me to act and to lead on the toughest issues facing our country and impacting our children's future.

I introduced a balanced budget amendment, and I have done it every year.

We are clearly bankrupting our children.

Democratic accountability is supposed to provide an important check and balance, if you will, on overregulation.

But let us make something clear: States do not have rights. States exercise power. People have rights.

Even though State systems and the Federal systems are distinct, I have always maintained that the States are laboratories of democracy.

I would like to thank my colleague and friend from North Carolina, the gentleman, Congressman Walker, for yielding to me and for hosting this Special Order tonight, which is fittingly titled, ``The People's Night.'' After all, there is a…

We also saw the targeting of conservative groups by the IRS merely because of their political beliefs.

I and the vast majority of the constituents that I represent are of the opinion that there have been a number of instances over the last 8 years where the prior administration, the Obama administration, appeared to put politics above the…

We saw the Obama administration appear, in fact, to expressively subvert the will and the intent of Congress and the American people.

One of those instances that comes to mind was Operation Choke Point where we saw that administration target banks that did business with certain disfavored retailers like pay day lenders and payment processors and disfavored industries…

I was fortunate, a few weeks ago, we moved legislation here through the House that would authorize the NCFI into law.

I strongly oppose the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), my friend. Her amendment would sunset the very modest, yet necessary and appropriate, authority that we are seeking to grant Federal probation…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.

There is no Fourth Amendment violation, the bill makes no reference whatsoever to the issue of searches, and there is no objection to the gentlewoman's request for a study. But there continues to be, and needs to be, objection and…

I am not sure there is another occupation out there where someone is expected to make correct, split-second, sometimes life and death decisions while navigating complicated laws and procedures.

There is a narrative out there, a false narrative in some folk's mind that this is Barney Fife from the Andy Griffith Show playing weekend warrior with RPGs.

We need legislation that does more than just say that we are grateful that proves that to you.

There is a lot of public talk about the threat of radical, Islamist terrorists, but not so much public attention or focus on Islamic radicalization that is taking place in our Federal prisons.

I would just say that, from my experience at the Department of Justice, I benefited greatly from the work of the United States Marshals Service.

we are not going to prosecute our way out of this mess.

So, in the focus on the opiates and the opioid epidemic in this country, there has been a lot of finger pointing.