Derrick Van Orden

truly a party divide

sneaking through a real retrenchment

We can't legislate by exception.

I think it is inappropriate. We are trying to get whole food, or whole milk back into schools.

G.T. Thompson says that he really wants these programs to be a hand up, not a handout.

I will not sit here and be lectured by people who have not walked the walk that I have.

I take this very, very seriously. Mr. Hodel, I would posit the reason that your programs are so incredibly successful is specifically because you do not receive any government funding.

So, I just want to be clear that these types of things have been used for political purposes.

We must hold our elected officials who champion these policies to account and get them as far away from the place of power and influence as possible.

It is phenomenal that you are putting this on.

I think that is something that should be a mechanism that would be required from any agency head, or any department in this Government.

I believe that our Constitution must be respected for what it is, and that is the foundational document that this Nation, the greatest Nation that has ever existed in the history of the world, must be respected as such.

If you were in favor of President Trump's border wall emergency, then you get to vote for it as a Member of Congress and show your support, right.

I want to thank you so much for coming here today. This is an incredibly important subject.

What started as a response to a public emergency morphed into a classic Government overreach.

If you were in favor of President Biden's student loan program, you would get to vote for it.

They took 2 years away from our children, drug and alcohol addiction have skyrocketed.

During times of crisis, men and women of faith returned to their eternal sacred text.

You are either free or you live in fear.

These measures are clear indications that the COVID pandemic has been weaponized by unscrupulous politicians.

The same person that adheres to the law strictly is also the same person that stands up when the people who are governing you are not following the law.

So, in fact, we must hold people accountable directly who are responsible.

I think this is a great opportunity for Congress to sort of reclaim that broader settlement from the 1970s.

I stand by these statements.

My Ranking Member Levin's number one legislative priority is preventing veterans homelessness.