Pete Sessions

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 would like to respond to the gentleman. First of all, the congressional review of all arms exports is done through the Foreign Affairs Committee, not through the Armed Services Committee. Secondly, it is in America's best interests. One…

I thank my dear friend, Mr. Pallone, for being here tonight. This opportunity for us to speak deserves to be placed within the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which has the jurisdiction on this matter, the jurisdiction that is very…

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.

Policy matters. In other words, elections matter.

We have problems getting people to go to work.

The Lake Waco Embankment Stabilization Project has been the top priority for the City of Waco and McLennan County for 5 years.

I respectfully submit myself to you today, and to the gentleman, Mr. Rouzer, to ask for you to please include this in the authorization that would be necessary that would give relief to this.

The Corps of Engineers is very important to the State of Texas, as they are to other States, that they provide not only professional and engineering support, but really wise management.

Madam Chairman, I am seeking your assistance to authorize this project, which I will speak of, whose appropriations level--we are seeking the authorization for that--would be for $30 million to complete the Lake Waco embankment…

I appreciate the gentlewoman from Florida. Madam Speaker, tonight, Members of the Republican Party are standing up to talk about important issues that we believe are not only important to us that we feel very strongly about, but also to…

I thank Congressman Johnson for this opportunity. Madam Speaker, we are here to talk to the American people about ideas that roam across our Nation. They are conversations that take place around every table, and next week at Thanksgiving…

I never witnessed nor would have allowed this kind of intimidation.

I want to thank the gentleman from Louisiana not only for his leadership to our conference but also speaking up and taking time out of his schedule to speak directly to America and Americans about important issues that face our country…