I do want to give a quick report on our 2025 work in finances, but I also want to reserve some time to look ahead to 2026 given the important work we are about to enter as part of our Nation's semiquincentenial. Let me start by focusing on…

Good morning. Thank you, Donna. It is always a great honor and distinct pleasure to return to this Chamber, especially when being able to do so with so many of our friends and former colleagues. Let me begin by also thanking Speaker…

You can find out more information about sustaining membership and all the other programs you heard about today by visiting our website at usafmc.org. Let me conclude by thanking two incredibly important groups of people without whom none…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know it is like being a grandparent, Brandon. It is all the fun without the responsibility. This weekend, I was privileged to be able to bring some college friends who were political science graduates like myself…

Thank you, Donna. It is always a great honor and distinct pleasure to return to this wonderful Chamber, especially when being able to do so with so many friends and former colleagues. Let me begin by thanking Speaker Johnson for inviting…

Additionally, FMC is incredibly thankful for the participation of and opportunity to work with all the incredible public servants who handle election administration in each State and county we visited. Despite years of threats toward them…

Thank you, Cheri, for this report and for all you do for FMC's many programs. Cheri makes an important point. FMC has a unique and very important voice of reason and bipartisanship. We always think of the importance of that role…

This type of important work, of course, has generated quite a bit of media attention. We are very proud of the fact that FMC is becoming more and more of a recognized brand when it comes to bipartisanship and showcasing good governance…

I hope all of you, whether former Members or current Members not returning for the 119th Congress, will join us immediately after this program concludes for an informal coffee reception in H-122. For retiring Members, this will be a great…

We are incredibly proud of the work we have done around U.S. democracy this past year and over the past 4 years and are looking forward to continuing this important project next year including with a report on how to strengthen…

The Chair announces that 13 former Members have responded to their names. The Chair now calls on the Honorable L.F. Payne of Virginia, president of the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress, to address the Members.

Thank you, L.F., for this report, and more importantly, thank you for your thoughtful and exemplary leadership of this outstanding organization. The Chair again wishes to thank the former Members of the House for their presence here today…

I now ask the clerk to call the roll of all former and retiring Members. The Clerk called the roll and the following Members answered ``present'': Mr. Altmire of Pennsylvania Mr. Carnahan of Missouri Mrs. Comstock of Virginia Mr. Davis of…

Donald Trump being president is just morally aberrant, and this should be opposed on moral grounds, but it's also politically stupid.

This is disqualifying. And if Republicans don't wake up and say, you know, let's find somebody else, they are going to lose the general election, and rightfully so.

I said, you know, Donald Trump was vile, disgusting, and the tape was disqualifying. Now he's doubled down on it.

You are not going to win Pennsylvania suburbs, you know, Michigan suburbs, you know, in Nevada, Arizona, or Georgia by supporting -- Trump.

Well, I think it tells you that extreme Republicans or extreme positions are not winners.

We've got to deal with this cancer that is Donald Trump on the party, and we've got to cut it out. I mean, he is just killing the party.

I think this entire effort by the Committee has been impressive and I think Liz Cheney in particular is showing us that courage is contagious.

And look who's not talking. I was going to point out, you know, look, you're not getting -- you know, remember Elise Stefanik was going to be leading the charge in these hearings and defending Donald Trump, she's nowhere to be found.

Well, I usually can't get through some of the ridiculous interviews that Donald Trump does. He's such a sore loser. But the little I saw of it made clear that this they were frightened by what Cassidy Hutchison did.

I mean, while literally the Capitol was under siege and being attacked, while Cassidy Hutchison is going around the White House saying 'Please, grownups here, do something, do something,' Donald Trump is doing nothing.

I do think the walls are closing in on Donald Trump. I think people are moving away, from him, slowly. They're still afraid.