Virginia Foxx
Representative for North Carolina · Republican · United States
“Mark has been diligent, remained sensitive to the hotel's history, and has been engaged with members of the community every step of the way. He has truly saved the character of the West Jefferson Hotel and has made it a wonderful place to visit. Trent Pruitt, the chef at the hotel, deserves immense praise, as well.”
House of Representatives15 September 2026Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize two monumental milestones for North Carolina A&T State University located in North Carolina's Fifth District.”
House of Representatives15 September 2026Source ↗
“What is more, the high school's program ranked among the top 20 percent of Marine Corps Junior ROTC units in the Nation and was one of only three schools in region 8 selected to receive the prestigious designation.”
House of Representatives15 September 2026Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize the South Stokes High School Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program that was recently designated as a 2025-2026 Naval Honor School. This is one of the highest recognitions that a Marine Corps JROTC unit can receive.”
House of Representatives15 September 2026Source ↗
“I want every Member of the House that is about to vote on this measure to reckon with this fact: the very founder of the BDS movement wants to dismantle the Jewish state. That is why the American Jewish Committee has characterized BDS leadership as seeking nothing less than the elimination of Israel as a Jewish state.”
House of Representatives3 September 2026Source ↗
“Case in point, the Evergreen State College in Washington, at the administrative level, reached an agreement to address divestment from companies that profit from the ``occupation of Palestinian territories.'' You can read this commitment to boycott and divest from Israel online as we speak.”
House of Representatives3 September 2026Source ↗
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“Michael Poliakoff, the president of ACTA, captured this sentiment perfectly in this report: ``The birth of America 250 years ago amazed the world, and our founding documents have inspired the search for freedom and human rights throughout the world. The colleges and universities built and maintained by the vision and generosity of generations of Americans owe it to the Nation to ensure that every student they graduate understands the precious heritage we share.'' Let us not forget the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson who once opined on this very issue: ``If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.'' I commend ACTA and the many authors who contributed to this report for calling attention to this issue. It is one that we all would do well to wholeheartedly support.”
House of Representatives21 July 2026Source ↗
“The broadside is reminiscent of the many broadsides published during the revolutionary period that were so important in informing the people along with getting their support for the revolution. Being an informed citizen isn't passe. It is one of our most sacred responsibilities as Americans and one we cannot afford to abandon or ignore. As the report's authors lay out: ``True patriotism includes a commitment to and appreciation of American values and principles. Since the founding of our Nation, our greatest leaders have recognized that our freedom and our prosperity depend on informed and engaged citizens.'' We just celebrated 250 years of American greatness, Mr. Speaker, and we ought to do all that we can to learn of and espouse the values and principles that make America the greatest country in the world.”
House of Representatives21 July 2026Source ↗
“We should all take the time to recognize the impeccable, business- driven and value-driven people in our communities and across the Nation like the McCourt family for all they do in supporting our great American economy. a modern broadside Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise to highlight a very insightful and pertinent report from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, ACTA, titled: ``A Broadside for the Nation, Preparing College Students for Informed Citizenship.'' ACTA is a wonderful, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting academic excellence, academic freedom, and accountability through the trustees at America's colleges and universities as well as informing and engaging the general public.”
House of Representatives21 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize John McCourt and his wonderful wife, Eileen, who are the epitome of the American Dream. John began his career in 1970 in County Tyrone, Ireland, in the screening equipment business on the factory assembly line for Powerscreen International Limited.”
House of Representatives21 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. As I said at the outset of this debate, Mr. Speaker, we have a lot of business to attend to this week. Our work in service to the American people continues. We are not in chaos, Mr. Speaker. The four underlying measures of this rule meet the priorities of President Trump, the administration, and the American people. We are focused on commonsense measures. As we have seen across our country in recent weeks and months, the Democratic Party is being taken over by communists, and we know that communists have never made the world a better place to live. A vote against this rule and its underlying measures is a vote to deny the priorities of all three of the entities I have mentioned and to deny positive progress. We would all do well to remember that. Mr.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“We have The American Legion, and I am not going to read the entire quote, but there is a quote here from Daniel Wiley, American Legion national commander, who said: ``For over a century, The American Legion has been the leading veterans service organization advocating for passage of nearly all major expansions or reforms to healthcare and benefits that benefit veterans and their families.'' {time} 1300 ``After thorough consideration of the legislative and regulatory environment, which included conversations with legislators who both agree and disagree with the bill, we believe TCAVA is the best path forward to get these crucial bills enacted into law.'' ``The Take Care of America's Veterans Act represents our Nation's sacred promise to those who serve and those they leave behind,'' said Bonnie Carroll, president and founder of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, or TAPS.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I have great affection and respect for VFW members. In fact, I have great respect and admiration for every organization that represents veterans. It is because of veterans that we speak English here today and that we are the greatest country in the world. I would like to set the record straight about which veteran organizations are supporting this legislation.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time is remaining on both sides.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Speaker: The majority of our Republican members on the Veterans' Affairs Committee are indeed veterans. There is only one Democrat on that committee who is a veteran. I trust veterans to know and understand what veterans need and deserve. People are actually attuned to issues veterans face as opposed to those who simply haven't the slightest clue. Republicans are the ones with actual solutions here. We are not bloviating like so many have chosen to do. We are fighting for veterans, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“They will contort the language they use and the policy gimmicks they cook up to mislead people and organizations into believing mistruths. {time} 1250 VSOs, the purpose-driven organizations that are dedicated to advocating for veterans, have been led to believe that Republicans somehow want to rob veterans of their benefits, but that is entirely untrue. As is evidenced by President Trump's efforts, the efforts of Secretary Collins at the VA, and the veteran-driven legislation here in Congress, Republicans see veterans and meet them where they are. Republicans see and understand the problems that veterans face every day and want to ensure that the VA is nimble, responsive, and rightsized so that veterans are not left in the dark and to fend for themselves. Here is a final little nugget that I will leave you with, Mr.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“You won't find a unified Democratic effort to reform the VA's outdated construction and leasing processes that delay the opening of clinics and facilities across the country. In Chairman Bost's bill, Republicans are doing just that. You won't find the Democratic commitment to ensure that veterans can continue to access the mental health care support services in the communities where they live nationwide. In Chairman Bost's bill, it is there. You won't find Democratic solutions to slash government bureaucracy that hinders veterans from accessing the care they deserve and earned. In Chairman Bost's bill, they are there. Mr. Speaker, that is the difference here. All Democrats see is another government program to funnel money into without any commitment whatsoever to improving the lives of those the program serves.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Instead, the bill before us today would reduce net direct spending by approximately $1.3 billion over the next 10 years. In an era of growing deficits and debt, H.R. 9237 demonstrates that Congress can advance significant veterans' priorities while remaining fiscally responsible and reducing overall Federal spending. Republicans are focused on targeted relief. This is targeted relief that focuses on combat-disabled veterans, includes additional fairness safeguards, and does not throw money at a problem with the meager hope of things fixing themselves by osmosis. Let's run through what else you will not find in the cobbled- together, so-called solutions that Democrats are throwing their weight behind.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Speaker, it is sad that our colleagues across the aisle have chosen this position. It is sad that they can gin up misleading narratives and hawk them around like someone delivering newspapers on a bike. The bill before us ensures that combat-disabled servicemembers who were medically retired through no fault of their own receive the benefits they earned while maintaining equity across retiree populations. This is what happens when personalities of the day and political gamesmanship subvert actual legislating, like what Chairman Bost and Republicans have been doing the entire time. The former doesn't deliver for veterans. It treats them like second-class citizens. Their solution is spending more money while delivering fewer outcomes. Wow, color us shocked. It is a story as old as time.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the American people need to take note of the amount of rhetorical smog emanating from the other side of the Chamber, because it is obscene. Our Democratic colleagues continue to weave together an entirely disingenuous and deceptive narrative that Democrats are the ones standing at the forefront of the conversation when it comes to supporting our Nation's veterans. That has never been the case and will never be the case. If Democrats truly cared enough about veterans, they would spend their time supporting Chairman Bost's bill and not coming up with hack job, so-called solutions that do nothing to reform the VA and deliver high-quality care and service to those who have served this Nation. Mr.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Advancing this rule and its underlying bills is the imperative before us today, Mr. Speaker. The American people demand our doing so, and we must act without hesitation or delay. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“9237 is a comprehensive package of more than 60 bipartisan bills which will enhance and reform the delivery of healthcare and benefit services at the Department of Veterans Affairs for the entire veteran community, including military and veteran families. H.R. 1181 would prevent intrusive monitoring by the Federal Government of Americans who exercise their constitutionally guaranteed right to keep and bear arms. H.R. 139 establishes daylight saving time as the permanent, year- round standard time for the United States and would dispense with the semi-yearly practice of resetting our clocks. For far too long, the American public has spoken out against this disruptive practice. This Congress and this President will bring the stability to American households that our constituents have been endlessly seeking.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“What they will end up doing is ruffling their own feathers, working themselves into a tizzy, and spending their time blabbering on about things that are unrelated to the business at hand. It is very typical behavior. The rule before us today advances four separate pieces of legislation that all bear a common thread. Let me say that again, Mr. Speaker. The rule before us today advances four separate pieces of legislation that all bear a common thread: They serve the interest of the American people. H.R. 8595 will make America stronger, safer, and more resilient through the championing of America First foreign policy so that our Nation and allies are supported while our adversaries are deterred. H.R.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“The rule provides 1 hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the Committee on Financial Services, or their respective designees, and provides one motion to recommit. Finally, the rule provides that once the NSRP Appropriations Act is passed, the Clerk shall add the text of S. 1383, the SAVE America Act, to the bill and transmit it to the Senate as a single item. Mr. Speaker, we have a lot of business to attend to in the people's House this week, and part of that business is passing this rule and the underlying legislation. Now, I am sure, as is always the case, that our Democrat colleagues will not be focused on the task at hand for even a mere second in this debate. It would be a miracle if they did, Mr. Speaker. You and I both understand that.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the rule and the underlying legislation. Yesterday, the Rules Committee met and produced a rule, House Resolution 1423, providing for the House's consideration of four measures: H.R. 139, H.R. 8595, H.R. 9237, and H.R. 1181. First, the rule provides for consideration of H.R. 139, the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, under a closed rule. The rule provides 1 hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, or their respective designees, and provides one motion to recommit. The rule further provides for consideration of H.R. 8595, the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027, under a structured rule.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. {time} 1220 General Leave”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1423 and ask for its immediate consideration.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Their legacy lives not just in the freedoms we enjoy but in how faithfully we steward what they have preserved. They challenge us to ensure that their sacrifice was not in vain-- that the liberty they protected remains worthy of such devotion. Freedom is indeed never more than one generation from extinction. It survives not through inheritance but through commitment--through citizens who understand that liberty requires more than celebration; it demands stewardship. Today, I ask you to join me in recognizing our veterans present with us. Let their example inspire us to be worthy custodians of freedom's flame. Let us honor their sacrifice not just with words but with lives that reflect the values they defended. And let us ensure that this precious legacy--this freedom-- remains secure not just for our time but for generations yet unborn.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“They recognize the value of ordinary moments-- Sunday dinners, bedtime stories, casual conversations-- because they've sacrificed countless such moments for something greater. They measure freedom not in lofty rhetoric but in delayed dreams and postponed reunions, all given willingly in service to principles that transcend individual comfort. ``Greater love has no man than this: to lay down his life for his friends.'' These words from the Bible capture freedom's ultimate cost. Some who answered liberty's call never returned to receive our thanks. Their sacrifice created absences that can never be filled--empty chairs that remain empty, voices preserved only in memory, futures unlived so that our futures could continue. These fallen heroes represent freedom's highest price--a debt we can never fully repay but must always acknowledge.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“Each crisp movement, each respectful gesture represents more than protocol--it embodies a promise. That flag, with its stars and stripes, symbolizes not just a nation's history but its ongoing covenant with those who serve. It reminds us that freedom isn't preserved in marble monuments but in living commitments renewed by each generation. Freedom's meaning transforms when you have someone you love in the game. As the parent of a son currently deployed, I've learned this truth in ways both profound and painful. Each morning brings both pride and concern. Each evening ends with prayers for safety. The abstract becomes intimate when you love someone who stands on freedom's frontier. Every service family understands this reality. They know the weight of missed birthdays and empty chairs at holiday gatherings.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“To recognize that behind every freedom we enjoy stands someone who was willing to protect it--someone like the six distinguished veterans seated before us, like my son currently deployed overseas, like countless others who have answered when liberty called their name. Look at our honored guests today--veterans who served in Korea and Vietnam. Their stories reveal a profound truth: freedom's defenders rarely speak of heroism. Instead, they talk of duty. Of brotherhood. Of the families who waited for their return. They describe ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances, guided not by grand ideologies but by love of country and commitment to the principles that define us. Witness the solemn precision with which today's service members folded our flag moments ago.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“Today, as we gather in the presence of heroes who have answered that challenge, I invite you to consider: What does freedom mean when it's no longer an abstract concept, but a living legacy entrusted to our care? What does freedom demand of those who enjoy its blessings? And how do we honor those who have sacrificed to preserve it? For many of us, freedom exists like oxygen--essential yet invisible, noticed only in its absence. We exercise our liberties daily without reflection--speaking our minds, pursuing our dreams, making choices large and small. Yet this seemingly effortless inheritance has been secured through tremendous effort. It has been purchased with courage, preserved with vigilance, and passed down not as a birthright, but as a sacred trust. Today, I want us to make the invisible visible.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“Shannon is a true patriot, and so, too, are members of her family, including her son Seth, who is currently serving in the Army. Mr. Speaker, I thank Shannon and all the wonderful staff at Gateway Nursing and Rehab for all they do in service to our Nation's veterans and for those who are currently serving in the Armed Forces. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to include in the Record the statement of Shannon Price.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, it was an honor to visit Gateway Nursing and Rehab in Lenoir, North Carolina, this past Friday and attend a program that honored veterans who are receiving care there. I commend Shannon Price, the director of social services, as well as members of the staff for taking the time and making the effort to recognize those veterans. The program was very positive.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“It is time to lead, fight, and win, all for the American people. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on the previous question and ``yes'' on the rule. The material previously referred to by Mr. McGovern is as follows: An Amendment to H. Res. 313 Offered By Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts Strike section 2.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“Today in Rules, one of our colleagues said they are always left to clean up Republicans' mess. No. It is the Republicans who have to clean up the Democrats' mess. Under the Biden-Harris administration, they waged war on American energy, opened our borders to chaos, and drove inflation through the roof, all while families struggled to keep up. That is exactly why Americans were fired up at the ballot box last November. The American people had enough of Democratic dysfunction. This budget resolution is the beginning of delivering on President Trump's America First agenda. We are cutting waste, restoring our economy, delivering relief to working families, securing the border, and unleashing American energy like never before. This is more than a budget. It is a blueprint to take our country back, Mr. Speaker. We are done playing defense.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“One newspaper deemed her claim ``misleading'' and--surprise, surprise--``nonsensical.'' History now reveals it to be false, and I would call it fear-mongering, the same we have been hearing on the floor today. In perhaps one of the greatest reveals, liberal Vox writer Matthew Yglesias, after admitting that facts show ``a clear majority got a tax cut,'' praised other liberals who ``did a really good job of convincing people that Trump raised their taxes.'' Fear-mongering revealed. Mr. Speaker, the fear-mongering needs to end, and the business of this House needs to continue. Again, despite what our colleagues on the left may claim, the American people know the truth. The Biden-Harris administration was a relentless assault on our economy, our national security, and our energy independence.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“Senator Chuck Schumer earned a ``mostly false'' rating for claiming companies were laying off workers due to tax reform. That is fear-mongering again. Yesterday, I had in my office some businesspeople, and they talked about what they did when the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed. They gave all of their employees a raise. We know about that, Mr. Speaker, those of us who were around. We saw that. There was lots of news about that because of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. As a result of that bill, we got historic reshoring and more jobs, as promised by President Trump. Then-Senator Harris, later Vice President Harris, claimed there would be a middle-class tax hike because average tax refunds were slightly down as tax season began.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“Let's talk about these predictions. I started out by saying you are going to hear these horror stories. They said we are going to cut people's limbs off and watch them bleed to death. Let's look at the predictions that were made when President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act around Christmas 2017. Then- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi infamously predicted Armageddon for America--fear-mongering, plain and simple. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act led to historic growth and economic gains in this country. Larry Summers, a well-known Democrat, described progrowth forecasts as ``tooth fairies'' and predicted a long recession. That is fear- mongering. We got the opposite, a historic economic expansion under President Trump.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, it is good to hear our friends say they don't share the values of trying to save hardworking Americans' money from waste, fraud, and abuse, which are rampant in the Federal Government. The American people know that, Mr. Speaker. They know that in their hearts and in their minds. They understand it. They hear about it every day. It is curious to me that our Democratic colleagues do not want to make Medicaid more effective, that they don't want to help the people on Medicaid get better healthcare. How sad, Mr. Speaker, that that is the case. Mr. Speaker, this budget does not steal from the least of these. It does not. What it does do is everything it can to stop fraudsters, to stop bureaucratic waste, and to stop bad things from happening to those least because those in the government are not serving them well.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I do have some other Members who wanted to come down and speak on the rule. They are tied up right now. If the gentleman is prepared to close, then I am prepared to close.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“As I have made clear multiple times now, when it comes to the pause on the National Emergencies Act disapproval resolutions, this is a tool utilized by both majorities, and my Democrat colleagues had no qualms with supporting it in their last majority on a much broader and open- ended scale as it related to COVID. This is why delaying the NEA disapproval resolution is prudent. President Trump must be given the leeway to negotiate on a global scale parameters that will make good on his promises of securing the border, protecting our communities, and leveling the global playing field to ensure fair trade for American producers. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“They are intended to reduce reciprocal tariffs and achieve global free trade, decouple developing countries from competitive nations like China, or for national security purposes. {time} 1445 As we are seeing, President Trump and America are winning. Over 75 countries have reached out to representatives of the United States to negotiate a solution on the subjects being discussed relative to trade: trade barriers, tariffs, currency manipulation, and nonmonetary tariffs. These will mean wins for the American worker. President Trump is taking decisive action, pausing tariffs for 90 days, except for China, as nations have come to the table.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I am not very happy about the fact that I am a good predictor of what the Democrats were going to say on the floor today, that the minority was going to lie about what is in this budget resolution. I expect every single one of them to come down here and do that. I predicted it, Mr. Speaker. Here it is, coming true. Let me talk a little bit about the tariffs. The tariffs announced by President Trump on April 2, 2025, are a response to our economy that will strengthen the international economic position of the United States and protect American workers. Access to the American economy is a privilege, and these tariffs are a starting point to bring other nations to the negotiating table.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“We want to rightsize State implementation so the truly needy are getting relief, and we want to focus assistance to those who are truly on the margins. As Shakespeare said: ``What's past is prologue.'' The Democrats continue their campaigns of lies just as the minority has in the past. My Democratic colleagues famously got four Pinocchios from The Washington Post, hardly a conservative enclave, for their clearly false facts about the Trump tax cuts. Democrats said they were targeted toward the rich and corporations that pay no taxes, but we factually know that the share of taxes paid by the top 1 percent of earners actually reached new heights, Mr. Speaker, after President Trump's tax cuts went into effect. The outcomes got more progressive. Mr.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“It is a framework, and my colleagues won't find any of what the Democrats are discussing here today. Those things are not here. With respect to what Republicans have been articulating outside of this resolution, we are aiming to ensure that Medicaid is targeted to the most vulnerable. Mr. Speaker, we need to beef up Medicaid that is going to the most vulnerable. We want to rid the program of waste, fraud, and abuse that is robbing the American public of tax dollars that could better care for the sick. Mr. Speaker, we truly care for those people, which is why we are trying to root out waste, fraud, and abuse which has not been acknowledged at all by our colleagues. We want to create better patient outcomes through innovation.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“Instead of recognizing the sickening, repulsive rhetoric for what it is, this Member doubled down and posted it on her social media accounts, instilling fear in and terrorizing those people who she claims to care for. Mr. Speaker, Democrats are injecting fear into the lives of countless Americans, stoking their anxieties, disinforming them, dragging them into the muck of the worst of political discourse, and for what? For what? Mr. Speaker, it is for political gain. It is sickening. Let's be clear. This is a budget resolution. It doesn't have a shred of force of law outside internal procedures in this body. Yet, the Democrats would make us believe that we are targeting people. There isn't any targeting. There aren't any assumptions about programs. Just read the resolution.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“We can have disagreements about the effects of mismanagement of tax-dollar funds, for example, or what amount of tax relief is appropriate. Yet, the Democrats have now impugned Republican motivations and put blood on our hands. A Democrat in the Committee on Rules this morning stated that: Republicans would cut off your limbs and let you bleed to death, in the context relating to a patient asking for help with a cold. It was an absolutely disgusting remark that has no place in this debate. Is this what Leader Jeffries wants to come to the floor to state, that we are cutting the limbs off of people to watch them bleed out? Does Leader Jeffries want to stoke fear in this way and terrorize Americans?”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I warned everybody that this is what we were going to hear. We were going to hear these outrageous claims that are simply not true. The fact is that the rhetoric coming from the other side has reached an appalling level. We have heard the scare tactics for weeks now, but it has taken a dark turn, Mr. Speaker, that is literally instilling fear into the hearts of blameless, everyday Americans. We heard in the Committee on Rules this morning of how Democrats brought people to tears in meetings by telling them lies about what was in our budget resolutions. Mr. Speaker, that is shameful. That is shameful. We can have disagreements about policy decisions.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“It secures the border, slashes wasteful spending, delivers tax relief for working families, and begins to rebuild the economy that the Biden- Harris administration shattered. It is time to put America first again, and the budget resolution is how we get it done. Once adopted, our committees and the entire House will begin detailed work to achieve these important goals for the American people. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“Under President Trump's first administration, America achieved energy freedom for the first time in 40 years. We were producing more than we consumed. Gas prices were low and families were thriving. That all changed the day Joe Biden walked into the Oval Office. President Biden waged an all-out assault on American energy. He shut down production, blocked development on Federal lands, and recklessly drained our Strategic Petroleum Reserve, all the while begging foreign dictators for oil. The result was skyrocketing prices and American families clutching their wallets in fear. Again, these are facts, Mr. Speaker, proven facts. This budget resolution is our roadmap to take this country back.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“President Trump's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provided critical relief to middle-class families and small businesses. Americans are still experiencing high prices because we are still recovering from Bidenomics. Real wages under President Biden declined by more than 3 percent. Mortgage rates skyrocketed. Credit card delinquencies rose by over 50 percent. Bidenomics cost American families more than $11,000 every year for the last 4 years. Mr. Speaker, these are facts. They are documented. This is so different from what our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are doing in their fear-mongering when they are projecting what they think will happen if we get through our reconciliation. This budget resolution also puts American energy dominance first.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗
“On border security, the Biden-Harris administration's open-border policies resulted in over 10 million encounters at the southern border from 2021 to this year, a 500 percent increase in illegal crossings, and over $115 billion in costs to State and local governments. This wide-open border allowed deadly fentanyl to flood into our communities, killing over 100,000 Americans. Even worse, known gang members and violent criminals from across the globe have walked right into our country. Because of the Biden administration's abject failure, innocent Americans have been raped, assaulted, and murdered by illegal immigrants who never should have been here in the first place. Enough is enough, Mr. Speaker. We must and we will secure the border and put the safety of the American people first. Next, the resolution enables us to protect tax relief.”
House of Representatives9 April 2025Source ↗