Pete Sessions

I have tried, and we have had at least one hearing with Secretary Fudge of HUD.

It is important for us to know that the most popular strains in Colorado ranged from 17 percent to 28 percent THC by 2017--a 400 percent increase from 1970.

If you look at CDC, provisional data from CDC indicates that there were an estimated 100,306 drug overdose deaths in the United States.

I'm hopeful that my colleagues will communicate across the aisle, and let's deal with this honestly.

I support life from conception to natural death, and I make no apologies for that.

It will not be, in my opinion, decided in the near term, because we have a President who's been duly elected, who would not sign that legislation.

But what I would say is let's--let's not beat up this issue with what I believe is hyperbole to just beat the issue up and talk about nationwide ban is what Republicans want to do and they want to take away all these rights and obligations.

Well, in fact, the Supreme Court ruled that it's not a constitutional issue. It's states' rights issue.

Madam Chairman, today's activities are designed to divide Congress, to divide the American people, and not to bring us together.

They have placed arbitrarily California and millions of people in a diminished position: elderly people, people in hospitals, people who are disabled, people who actually need balance in their life.

It is hard to find a balance when two sides with hundreds of people on each side, perhaps thousands, are actually so committed to their side that they really cannot see the need for the other.

I want to thank you, I think, for holding this hearing today because I think public discussion on both sides of this issue and issues is necessary.

I believe that the vast number of people who carry, including myself, do so because we believe that we have a God-given right to protect ourselves.

I want to thank you for having this, what seemingly is a balanced opportunity, and I yield back my time.

I think you've done an outstanding job, and I think that it said volumes to me about the changes that had been made within the Commander organization.

Madam Chairman, thank you very much. I appreciate you and Mr. Comer trying to work together.

I think Texans have answers for Texas problems.

Those mothers' cries I will never get out of my head.

I know I will never forget what I saw that day.

I have lived in Uvalde my whole life.

Inaction is harm. Passivity is harm. Delay is harm.

I believe that, as the gentlewoman stated here, education is the key to knowledge, understanding, and expectations.

When the government competes against somebody, free market that is called socialism. When the government dictates who can be in the marketplace that is communism.

It took $800 billion out of Medicare. Democrats actually took $800 billion away from seniors to pay for this.

A proactive approach of repairs to this looming threat will avoid the need for an emergency response from a catastrophic failure.