Sean Reyes

Mr. Speaker, today we are authorizing the use of the U.S. military against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against us. We are simply at war. We did not seek this war; but make no mistake, we will respond. We will finish…

Mr. Speaker, yesterday our Nation was attacked by cowards. I, like all of my colleagues, am equally outraged by this attack on the people of the United States. Today, our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. As the…

today the House is taking up extremely important legislation, H.R. 1, a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Although the bipartisan support for this bill is encouraging, just two weeks ago the republicans…

I want to say that I support a fair, reasonable and affordable tax cut; but I cannot support this proposal because we have had no hearings; there is no budget; and there have been no opportunities for us to express our shortcomings with…

it is with sadness that we remember the 21 National Guard members recently killed in the Saturday, March 3, plane crash. Eighteen members of the Virginia Air National Guard's 203d Red Horse Unit and 3 members of the Florida Air National…

Mr. Speaker, it is with a great sense of loss that I rise to remember the 28 U.S. soldiers who sacrificed their lives on the evening of February 25, 1991 when a Scud missile hit and destroyed the converted warehouse where they were housed…

this week is National Catholic School Week and I want to spend a few moments commending the Catholic schools in my home district of El Paso, Texas and in other parts of our country for a job well done. There are many Catholic Schools in my…

Mr. Speaker, last week we lost an icon in American life. I, like all of my colleagues here, can reflect back on just exactly what Henry B. meant, not just to me and to my family, but to Texans and the Hispanic community at large. We had…

I rise in support of S. 1761, the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 1999. I am a cosponsor of the House companion bill. This legislation will allow for both the Department of the Interior and the…

the teachers in the State of Texas and in many states do not pay Social Security taxes. Because they do not pay into Social Security, teachers do not receive Social Security benefits. Instead, these teachers receive a pension from their…

I am obviously pleased, as El Paso is one of the areas that was designated under Round II as an empowerment zone. It is important to note, Mr. Speaker, that over the 10-year life of the program, urban empowerment zones were supposed to…

I offer an amendment to bring much needed assistance to some of the poorest communities in our Nation. My amendment will strike the provision in the bill that prohibits funding in the bill or any other bill from being available to carry…

Mr. Speaker, I also want to tell my colleagues, I had intended to offer an amendment that would have added $5 million to the Food and Nutrition Service for a program that would target outreach to expand the feeding programs in the colonia…

I rise in support of awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to Pope John Paul II. It is difficult to talk briefly about a man who has done so much since being elected to succeed Pope John Paul I in 1978. So, let me make these few comments…

I believe that H.R. 4205 laid the groundwork to address the continuing health care problems that are plaguing our service members. This amendment is crucial to our military retirees because it expands the Medicare subvention demonstration…

Mr. Chairman, to my good friend and colleague, the gentleman from Ohio, if this amendment were to become law, then that would mean that this country would be in serious trouble, because what this amendment does, it advocates the equivalent…

Mr. Chairman, this is often one of the issues that gets contentious on the floor of Congress, and it is a lot like eating an ice cream sundae. It looks good. It feels good eating it, but it is not good for us and a lot of times people…

Today and tomorrow I, along with my colleagues that represent districts along the border, are cohosting the Fourth Annual U.S./Mexico Border Conference. Each year we bring together leaders on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border to look at…

I rise to speak about a special group of students who are here in Washington this week. They are young people from my district who live in Colonias. These are communities on the southwest border without water, electricity, roads…

At 7:20 a.m. this morning THAAD intercepted a Hera target at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Like a bullet hitting a bullet, the THAAD missile had a direct hit on the target. Although there have been difficulties along the way…

I happen to have been with a delegation that visited Central America. I saw the faces of the men, women and children that had been devastated by Hurricane Mitch. Part of the process and part of the obligation that we face in this House is…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak about a different but equally important issue affecting education in America. As we prepare to embark upon the 21st century, all of us know that the Technology Age is upon us. We live in a time when new ideas…

this is a very serious debate about a very serious issue that can potentially have very serious consequences on communities along the border. Again, let us one by one separate fact from fiction. My colleague, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr…

Again, in summary, and again concluding as to the perfecting amendment that I have before this House, I hope that this body understands that there is a reasonable way to address the problems that we face against narcotics trafficking and…

first of all, in my 5 minutes I wish to address some of the comments my colleague from Illinois made. I just want to, first of all, tell my colleagues that one of the things we need to understand and remember here is that if the intent is…