Mike Conaway: “I think the point of this is, it is not a contest, it is not a competition. I think this is serious business, and it…”

I thank my colleague from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn) for those overly kind words, and I certainly appreciate his sentiments for my service. And I, too, will miss our Armed Services Committee hearings and sitting beside him. He is a terrific…

It is with a bittersweet heart today that I rise to recognize my current chief of staff, Mark Williams. Mark will finish 16 years of service with the House of Representatives and be moving on to the private sector. He has been my chief for…

We have a SNAP program. It is important, and we are going to keep it. The issue is, how do we administer that program that is fair to the folks who need the benefits and is also fair to the taxpayers?

Before I get to my objections to the amendment, I want to congratulate the chairman, the majority members of the committee, as well as the majority staff for the great work they did in helping us bring a fully bipartisan bill to the floor…