Michael Burgess

The Tribes shouldn't be penalized because the Congress operates differently today.

I think it is important to note that that was actually in the Native American law sphere commonplace prior to 1871.

I agree with everyone who said this is enormously important historically.

The concept of the Senate requiring an action of the House seems a little bit strange to some of us

The Constitution was very clear that no activity should happen without the express appropriation from Congress.

There are separate licensing agreements with the software that--just, quite frankly, I don't know that owners--automobile owners are as aware of that as perhaps they should be.

I think, when I buy a car, I buy the car--the spark plugs, the fuel line, and, yes, the little items on the screen.

I am a little bit mystified as to why we are here in the Rules Committee doing a hearing on something that logically would belong in one of the committees of jurisdiction.

We just heard a lot about wanting to right wrongs. Well, here is an opportunity to right a wrong. You can vote ``no'' on the previous question and allow this wrong to be corrected. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from…

I would like to ask unanimous consent to put into the record the slide deck from Chief Paul Cairney.

It begs the question, why do we ask for the data if we are not going to use it?

If I get a 'denied,' that person shouldn't have been in my gun store.

Recent shootings in your State and my State underscore the need to keep firearms out of the hands of dangerous individuals.

What did you think was going to happen?

Guaranteed that it was going to be a partisan exercise and that no voices on the Republican side would be heard.

We never had a single hearing of what was actually necessary to help our healthcare sector who had been delivered this terrible blow by the coronavirus.

The ability to be nimble in our funding.

I think, are going to be extremely important.

And, Chair Morelle, I just have to point out--and Chairman McGovern--that we are probably--you referenced an appropriations acknowledging that there is going to be future disaster mitigation necessary.

I do want to thank our witnesses for being here to testify, and certainly looking forward to hearing from all of you and learning about how our Nation can more efficiently plan our budget to prepare for future pandemics.

That is a model that it seems like we perhaps have lost sight of recently, but was enormously effective in the early part of the 2000s.

Well, thank you. And, again, let me just echo Chairman Morelle in thanking you for your incredible service to our Nation.

I think we did set the expectation with Warp Speed. We showed what is possible by bringing together the various branches of government.

Excluding one of these deadliest drugs in the world from the mandatory sentencing is simply irresponsible, in my mind.

This is a very, very difficult, challenging problem, and we can always use more resources.