Staged vehicle accidents enable scammers to endanger lives, drive up insurance premiums, and diminish public trust in the safety of our roads. Staging a crash is not an opportunity to make a quick cash grab; it’s a federal crime with…

I am here to support the Taxpayer Due Process Enhancement Act. It is a bipartisan bill that strengthens taxpayer protections and restores fairness to disputes with the IRS. Prior to my time in elected office, I dealt with a law firm that…

I would like to call for a vote at some time in this Chamber shortly on H.R. 979, a bill put together by Gus Bilirakis of Florida. Recently, I had a friend who purchased a high--I could even argue overpriced European automobile. After…

National Police Week serves as an important reminder of the brave law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line every day to protect our communities. During this week, we honor the officers who answer the call knowing that they…

first of all, I thank Josh Brecheen for arranging this Special Order. We are speaking now on the 250th anniversary of the United States, the anniversary of this blessed Nation. We should thank God for all He has given to this country. On…

I rise to offer amendment 22 to the farm bill, which repeals and prohibits future implementation of the electronic identification, or EID, ear tag rule. In 2013, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, issued the Animal…

my amendment will help to continue to strengthen the recent SNAP reforms by requiring a report on the SNAP-eligible food pilot programs and directing the Department of Agriculture to provide Congress with recommendations on potential…

we could talk at length the degree to which our welfare system allows people to buy things or use services that the average person in our society, at least if they are appropriately frugal, do not use. The easiest one that we should put an…

Life is easier if you don't become diabetic. Life is easier if you are thinner. As a result, the overall effect of this amendment will make life easier for people. You have to remember that a lot of this food that is bought on food stamps…

lies, lies, lies. Sometimes you have just got to deal with common sense. Who gets overtime? When we cut the tax on overtime, the CEO of the pharmaceutical company who makes $12 million a year, does he get overtime? As a matter of fact…

on today, the day when Members fly out, I want to leave the body with some thoughts regarding some issues that I don't think enough attention has been paid to. The first issue I want to talk about is the issue regarding sheltered workshops…

my final thing I am going to point out, and I recently had a meeting on this with the Vice President, but what I think is the biggest problem with the government right today, which is further related to all of these income transfer…

the next issue I would like to address is one that Dr. Oz got in the paper for, and that is the transgender situation in this country. I frequently hear conservative commentators, FOX News in particular, who talk about boys in girls'…

I want to remind people we recently hit $39 trillion in debt in this country. We are borrowing about 25 or 26 percent of our budget. I think all of the folks back home ought to stop and think. Can you imagine what it is like borrowing 26…

Obviously, the Department of Homeland Security has been in the paper a lot lately. I want to remind people of these facts: We are already letting in about 800,000 people every year legally in this country, which is at an all-time high by a…

I would like to one more time congratulate President Trump on a great speech last night. He is a great orator. I think of the six speeches I have heard him give in this Chamber. That was the best one yet. He did a great job of recounting…

The first anecdote, which is symptomatic--it is huge problems for America, I would argue the greatest immediate concern for America--is shown by an incident that happened in Minneapolis. A little while ago, an ICE agent doing his job had…

Congress is leaving and won't be back until next week. If it is like every other weekend, a lot of what you see on television is going to be incidents going on in Minnesota affected by the immigration situation. I remind my colleagues and…

this is a weekend chosen to be the week that Roe v. Wade went into effect in 1973 and that we mourn the deaths of the millions of Americans whose lives were cut short by abortion. It is particularly sad that recently the abortion rate in…

How we address this issue will determine whether America fundamentally changes or not. That issue is immigration. We see it on the TV every night. We see the obnoxiousness going on in a church in Minneapolis. We see the horror and…

Right now in America, we have no shortage of people who are here from other countries. We are at an all-time high, even greater than the 1890s or 2010s in the number of people in this country who were not born here. That is over 15…

when we heard that Doug passed away, I asked several people the same question. They all agreed overwhelmingly: If something were to happen to this institution and only 10 of us survived and we had to build it up from scratch, Doug would be…

I will one more time point out what should be the most important issue facing this body in 2026. I have talked before about the huge marriage penalties that we build into our income transfer programs, also known as welfare programs. When…

I would like to interject a little bit of common sense in the deportation debate we have had going on here. No one knows exactly how many people are in this country illegally. I think it is safe to say that under President Biden that…