Derrick Van Orden

If someone goes from an exceptionally high performer to somebody who is really having very basic issues, it's incumbent upon leadership to acknowledge that and try to figure out what the problem is in a way that is good for the sailor…

This is an epidemic.

You always try to find something good out of bad things.

That is a non-starter for me.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of my legislation, H.R. 983, the Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025. This bill holds particular significance for me because the…

I thank the chairman for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of my legislation, the Veterans Education Transparency and Training Act, or the VETT Act. This bill addresses critical barriers that veterans currently face with…

He just said that they trusted the departments to, you know, instead of using a cudgel to use a scalpel to get rid of people that are unproductive.

I'm not going to put up with these agitators. We're not doing it. Republicans are too nice.

I'm not going to put up with these agitators.

I thank the gentleman from Utah for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I look at this issue from a different perspective. I was a combat medic in the United States Navy SEALs teams for over two decades. If I had encountered an enemy combatant that was…

This bill is going to go a long way to reverse the lawlessness of the Biden-Harris administration. I will tell you a story for a moment. A criminal illegal alien entered the country with known gang tattoos and was allowed through Biden's…

It's very important that everybody has, as much knowledge as possible so that they can make an informed decision.

I am honored to speak today on behalf of my legislation, H.R. 7323, the Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act. The bill holds special meaning to me because the issue was brought to my attention by one of my…

I stand in strong support of H.R. 8812 for the very specific reasons I represent Wisconsin's Third Congressional District. We have the largest contiguous section in the Mississippi River of any congressional district in this country. We do…

We drastically need more FRA field inspectors to help hold the railroads accountable

I want to see the actual numbers that you submitted and what they actually paid, because we are not doing this anymore.

the railroads need to be put in check, and that is what we are here to do.

This is a very simple issue. The United States of America is a republic that is designed specifically, and our duties are articulated in the Constitution of the United States of America. When we are speaking to the executive branch as a…

I want it to get off the ground, no pun intended, but we have some programs like that in my district.

I am going to remind you of something that apparently you have forgotten. I am a member of a co-equal branch of Government, and will be respected, and you will not interrupt me in my house.

How many children are going to have to continue to work in slave conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to make sure that we can meet the artificial goal of 50 percent of the fleet being electrified by 2030?

Assaults on transit workers are at an all-time high.

I don't ever want your children to be exposed to any of this. I don't want my grandchildren to be exposed to any of this.

I am deadly serious about that, and I am amazed that you and I found common accord, and I appreciate it.

No one who has a soul can look at those pictures and say that having an artificial date of 2030 established for 50 percent of our fleet to be electrified is worth a single child working in slavery.