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Howard Griffith

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Howard Morgan Griffith is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 9th congressional district since January 5, 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Griffith has focused on issues such as healthcare, energy, and economic development during his time in office. He has been an advocate for rural communities and has worked on legislation aimed at supporting local economies in Virginia. Griffith previously served in the Virginia House of Delegates before his election to Congress.

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Jan 23, 2019

I thank the gentleman for his remarks. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Biggs) for the conclusion on this great trip.

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Jan 23, 2019

Article IV, Section 1: ``Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records…

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Jan 23, 2019

Article III, Section 1: ``The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior…

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Jan 23, 2019

Reclaiming my time, I will tell that story, because what happened is very interesting. The Border Patrol was there and an individual did cross the fence. Sometimes people say: Well, the people can climb over the fence. They can, but it…

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Jan 23, 2019

I would say that we heard this repeatedly, and what we heard is that we need the wall to help channel this flow of illegal immigrants. We need the wall to make sure that we have some idea of what is going on. We need the electronic…

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Jan 23, 2019

I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Biggs) for a question. Mr. Speaker, in listening to the gentleman's remarks, of course I was there and saw this rope as well, but I think the…

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Jan 23, 2019

The reason that illegal immigrants or drug cartels would like it that way is that they can roll that back and, wearing their carpeted shoes which prevent tracking, they can then come in there, put it back, and that way the border agents…

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Jan 23, 2019

In fact, was it not accurate that you could actually roll back part of the barbed wire fence once you took the rope off and you could have multiple people coming through at any given moment?

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Jan 23, 2019

I come to the floor tonight to discuss a trip that was recently made to our southern border in Arizona with the sovereign state of Mexico. Mr. Biggs headed that party up, and at this time, Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Arizona…

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Jan 23, 2019

Continuing in this colloquy with my friend from Arizona, I ask if he would agree that when we heard from the border agents that the wall--this bollard fencing, wall, however you want to describe it--is important, but things like having…

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Jan 23, 2019

In fact, there, they had a road as well, which our border agents told us was very helpful. When you have a wall, you have a road next to it to help catch those folks who are trying to come through. But they had a device up, also, made of…

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Jan 22, 2019

It was. And he said, you know: That wasn't just old growth. That was virgin forest. Where are the folks who normally care about the environment? Why aren't they saying anything? And what I found really interesting, he talked about some of…

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Jan 22, 2019

I would say to the gentleman that one of the things that really struck me that I probably didn't know or hadn't heard stories of--a lot of this was just confirming what I believed might be going on and bringing it visually home. But one of…

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Jan 22, 2019

Where it makes it much harder for the border patrol agents, we heard, to track them down. So where there is a wall, even if they get over it somehow, it slows them down. The border patrol folks can then spot them, using some of that…

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Jan 22, 2019

She had no idea who we were until she walked over and said that and then was invited to address us: Well, you have some Members of the United States Congress here. Why don't you tell them what you think we need to do? There wasn't any…

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Jan 22, 2019

I mean, we heard from so many people, and the ones who had lost loved ones really just wanted to try to make a difference. They just wanted to make a difference to make their communities safer, to make it safer for everybody. They are not…

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Jan 22, 2019

That was a horrible story. And what was so interesting was that the people who we were talking to in that group, some of them had helped these folks out when they were found and helped them recover as best they could in that situation. It…

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Jan 22, 2019

Shocking. I mean, you know, it was shocking. And then the trail, if I remember correctly, and Mr. Gohmert can correct me if I am wrong, but the trail then goes on up into the hills.

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Jan 22, 2019

I appreciate that. We were able to--maybe not here, but that's fine. But just on the other side of that, do we have a picture of the rope?

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Jan 22, 2019

I really want to ask a question. So I guess I should ask if the gentleman would yield for a question. Because if he would put up that slide where they had the barrier that would stop the vehicles, I wonder if he had time yet--because we…

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Jan 22, 2019

I thank Congressman Biggs and Congressman Gosar for inviting us out there to see this, making the arrangements for us to meet with people who live on the border, people who work on the border, people who are trying to secure America's…

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Jan 17, 2019

Could the Speaker inform us as to what the privileged motion is. The SPEAKER pro tempore. There is nothing pending at this time.

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Jan 17, 2019

Can the Speaker advise me as to why the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Guthrie) was not recognized to call for the ``yeas'' and ``nays'' on the previous question related to the continuing resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. We paused for a…

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Jan 17, 2019

I appreciate the answer, Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much. That is illuminating. A further parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

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Jan 17, 2019

Could the Speaker inform us as to what the parliamentary privileged motion was that was previously referenced just a couple of minutes ago, that was to be taken up immediately, for which we heard no vote. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The…

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