Mike Gallagher

If there is a better argument for the need to move aggressively to 355 ships, I have yet to hear it.

So when is the soonest we and the American people could see a Navy plan for getting to 355 in the 2020s, as the CNO says we must?

The relative cost of our systems and the high value we rightly place on survivability may make political leadership less likely to deploy them in a risky expeditionary environment.

I think you have a lot of allies here when it comes to embracing bold reform.

The time for superficial conversation and insubstantial changes to regulations and statutes has passed.

I want to start by welcoming back our expert witnesses to the Capitol and thank them for being here today.

Thank you. Mr. Ramotowski, your written testimony states that the vast majority of visa applicants are interviewed by a consular officer.

In just a few hours, Members of this body are leaving for a 2-week recess without having resolved the significant question of funding the government. Funding expires only 3 days after we return--3 days--yet we are leaving. We are skipping…

Trust in government is at a record low, and it is not hard to see why. In 2016, Members of the House of Representatives were in session for a total of just 55 full legislative days. That is 55 days out of 365. In what other job are you…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 211, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 212, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 213, and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 214. ____________________

Every time I have the privilege of addressing this body, I am reminded of how lucky we all are to live in a country where I am free to speak my mind without fear of retribution or retaliation. It is one of the great privileges of being an…

Distrust in government is at an all-time high, and it is easy to see why. Our Federal debt is approaching $20 trillion. A child born today in this country will inherit a crushing burden of debt, part of an intergenerational crime without…

I thank Congressman Bergman not only for his leadership in the freshman class, but a lifetime of leadership and a lifetime spent leading marines. I ask my team here in Congress, whenever we are considering a difficult issue, to apply what…

I thank Congressman Khanna for his comments. He gets at a really important point, which opponents of term limits will say: Well, we have term limits that occur naturally every 2 years. But as he pointed out, with a 94 percent incumbent…

I was back in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the past week. Someone asked me: What is the biggest surprise you have encountered since being in Congress? I said: I will give you a negative surprise and a positive surprise. The negative surprise was…

Listening to my colleague's remarks, I was reminded of what another general, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, said: ``You know, farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the cornfield.'' I think…

I thank Congressman Arrington for his comments. As he rightfully points out, the time is now for big and bold action. We have a unique window of opportunity here that we must seize. The American people gave us an opportunity to turn this…

I thank Mr. Johnson. And I just want to say that he and all the great citizens of the great State of Louisiana are welcome back any time to Lambeau Field. It was an honor to have him there. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to introduce a…

We must reject this false and dangerous choice and provide the Navy with what it needs to get the job done.

Over the last 8 years, the United States has experienced a sharp rise in the number of military threats from foreign aggressors. Last month, Russia secretly deployed two batteries of new nuclear-capable cruise missiles. North Korea…

We now have an opportunity to answer the Navy's own call for a 355 ship fleet.

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on roll call No. 134. =========================== NOTE =========================== March 8, 2017, on page H1620, the following appeared: Ms. GALLAGHER. Mr. Speaker…

To do that, we need to be able to project power throughout the world, which in turn depends in large part on our willingness here in Congress to provide and maintain a robust naval fleet as duty dictates according to Article I, section 8…

This previous construct recklessly held the defense of our Nation hostage to domestic political demands.

I respectfully remind the committee that the 52-ship requirement represents the bare minimum needed to meet naval requirements for projection of force.