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"My colleagues are mocking the most severe remedy envisioned in our Constitution . . . "The ambiguity — the confusion — is a product of my colleagues' own making because there is an easy way to know exactly whether this committee is in impeachment proceedings: It’s called a vote — a vote of the full House of Representatives."

"Forcing artists to tolerate the theft of their works violates the fundamental rule that all religions, civilized people and children are taught, 'Thou shalt not steal.' Congress must act to help these artists and creators and stop this theft. . . .  "H.R.

"[H.R. 4018] is a good bill that will promote fairness in the implementation of Good Conduct Time, as reformed in the First Step Act, and ensure our prisons do not become nursing homes. I believe strongly that if we do not ensure this act works, we will lose credibility with the American people and any future efforts to reform our criminal justice system will fail."

". . . governments that attempt to restrain people’s hearts and minds — for whatever reason — pave the way to oppression and political violence. H.R. 2708 is an attempt by the Democrat majority to do just that."

" . . . we are now considering a bill that, despite its name, will do nothing to make Americans safer. . . . The data simply does not support enacting this measure if the goal is to save lives. H.R. 1186 is not a reasonable limit on magazine capacity.

"From addressing the incidence of mass shootings to combatting the scourge of firearm violence plaguing our urban communities, I stand ready to work with you on sensible solutions that could actually prevent these atrocities.

"Rather than preserve and strengthen arbitration, [H.R. 1423] would wipe it out for enormous numbers of consumer and employment disputes, as well as many civil rights and antitrust disputes. What that would do is not end injustice, but promote it."