What Steny H. Hoyer said, and what was done

“Mr. Speaker, one of the proudest moments of my time in public service was sponsoring the Americans with Disabilities Act and seeing it through to enactment. I was honored to work closely with House and Senate colleagues, leaders like Bob Dole, Tom Harkin, Tony Coelho, Steve Bartlett, Orrin Hatch, and Ted Kennedy, just to name a few.”

“Mr. Chair, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Chair, sadly, I cannot agree with Chairman Cole. This bill does not send a strong message to our friends, nor does it send an unmistakable message to our adversaries.”

“Let us be clear: America does not abandon our allies. America does not shrink from the fight. Democracy will not yield 1 inch to tyranny. We should be saying that in this bill.”

“Madam Chair, I rise in strong opposition to this amendment, which would dangerously undermine American national security. As Leader Jeffries rightly pointed out, if adopted, it would limit our ability to confront terrorist organizations, like Hamas and Hezbollah, that expressly target American citizens and military personnel.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend, Mr. Meeks, who is ranking member of this committee. I thank all those who had the courage to stand up and sign this bill.”

“In the 2 years since we last approved a package, Ukrainians have endured two bitter winters of war. It is time for us to act. Russian drones have continued to rain terror on civilian neighborhoods.”

“President Reagan said in 1983 our adversaries ``must be made to understand we will never compromise our principles and standards [nor] ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire.'' He was talking about the Soviet Union and Russia today. ``To do so would mean abandoning the struggle between right and wrong and good and evil.'' Mr.”

“Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the gentleman from California (Mr. Kiley) added the 218th signature to the discharge petition for the Ukraine Support Act. Soon, the House will have a long-overdue vote on expressing its support for Ukraine and our opposition to the Russian invasion.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, when I was majority leader in 2008, Mr. Blunt, who was then in the leadership of the Republican Party, Senator Kit Bond, and Senator Jay Rockefeller, who co-chaired the Intel Committee in the United States Senate, and I worked together in a very difficult context.”

“None of the bills that we consider have all the things we would like to have in them, but in testimony from Avril Haines, who headed up the DNI under the Biden administration, she believes this is absolutely essential.”

“The good news, Mr. Speaker, is that we are paying the people who protect us, and this side will not admit it. DHS is getting 86 percent. ICE is 86 percent funded.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, let's be honest with one another. This is a tactical argument. You are afraid that if you separate out those two instances of the Border Patrol and ICE, you are afraid that you may have to honor what the American people want, and that is constraints.”

“Mr. Speaker, the gentleman to whom I was addressing my question apparently doesn't want to yield and left the floor at the advice, probably, of somebody else. You want to speak the truth?”

“Mr. Speaker, the argument being made on the other side is not accurate. I will give them the benefit of the doubt because, perhaps, they don't know it is not accurate.”

“Mr. Speaker, the gentleman on the other side asked me to come back. I came back. He made a comment. I wanted to correct him. He would not yield for that purpose.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the extraordinary life and legacy of Paul Marchand. With World Down Syndrome Day approaching this Saturday, this seemed an appropriate time to honor a titan in the national disability rights and disability policy community whose work transformed the lives of millions of people with disabilities and their families.”

“Mr. Speaker, ICE agents are being paid. Border Patrol agents are being paid. The representation to the American people that somehow we have shut down the agents of ICE is not true.”

“I say to my friends who keep wringing their hands like Pontius Pilate that somebody is not paying them, the people who are not paying everybody other than CBP and ICE, who are being paid out of a huge fund that they have available to them, are the people that you will not let go.”

“After a court said you must do this, the border czar, Tom Homan, who was in Minneapolis, who--by the way, Border Patrol killed Alex Pretti. Here is what the border czar said.”

“In addition to that, I don't know that I have heard it mentioned, but in the bill that was passed earlier this year, DHS was funded. ICE was funded with $150 billion, so don't get on this floor and pretend that somehow it is not funded because that is not true.”

“Mr. Speaker, frankly, these new Members of Congress apparently don't know what I am saying. We will vote to open DHS, including the Secretary's office, this afternoon, 1 hour from now, 2 hours from now.”

“Mr. Speaker, March is National Kidney Month--a fitting time to pay tribute to an organization that has not only changed lives but saved them by expanding access to kidney transplants from living donors: Kidneys for Communities.”

“Mr. Speaker, am I to take from the definition that you gave as to why you could not accept the gentlewoman's unanimous-consent request that the majority has not agreed to funding the balance of the DHS bill other than CBP and ICE?”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill, and I adopt the comments of my distinguished colleague from Florida.”

“Coast Guard. They are critical employees, so they are working but without pay. We ought to pay them. We ought to have FEMA open, as the President said last night, so that it can serve the American people, particularly at a time when we just had a gargantuan storm in the northeast.”

“Madam Speaker, I thank the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee for yielding. Madam Speaker, there are five of these bills which are not controversial. I urge my colleagues to vote for them to keep the government operating, to make sure that our Federal employees come to work and do their job for the American people and get paid for it.”

“Voting for this bill does that, and voting for this bill also gives us the opportunity to constrain 6 days, essentially, of funding with the Department of Homeland Security.”

“Mr. Speaker, throughout this year's appropriations process, we have seen Donald Trump and Russell Vought trample on this Congress' power of the purse. Some will admit that. Some will say it silently.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the founders of the Tobacco Barn Distillery in my district: Dan Dawson, Sean Coogan, and Scott Sanders. Their Maryland Bourbon Cream recently placed first in the Nation in the American Craft Spirits Association's 2025 ``Beyond Bourbon'' category.”

“Mr. Speaker, Mac Alsobrooks is one of this region's most legendary pool players and hand dancers. As talented as he has proven to be there, he has had even more of an impact as a mentor to generations of young men and women.”

“Mr. Chair, I thank the former chair and ranking member for yielding. I thank her for her work. I thank Mr. Cole for his work. Anybody who knows me knows that I am opposed to CRs, but I am for keeping the government open, if those are the only alternatives.”

“If you are serious, you have to be serious about collecting revenue that is due and owing. That means funding the IRS, which has been understaffed and underresourced far too long.”

“Act. This legislation funds the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, the Federal judiciary, the District of Columbia, and more than 20 independent commissions, departments, and agencies.”

“Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman for recognizing me. Mr. Chair, I presume this is a message amendment. I presume that because I know that the gentleman who offered it is bright, knowledgeable, and knows this amendment is clearly unconstitutional.”

“Mr. Chairman, I again urge the rejection of this amendment. It is clearly designed to alter opinions based upon the threat of being reduced in monetary ability to proceed.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for her comments and for her support of my amendment. I regret that my amendment was rejected by the Rules Committee, but that is not uncommon.”

“In closing, let me emphasize that this is consistent with what all of us say and was said in the committee yesterday. Mrs. Houchin said it particularly well, and others on the committee, when saying that they want the information necessary to make solid decisions.”

“Mr. Speaker, I would ask Mr. Scalise: Where is my 1 minute when I need it? Mr. Speaker, I thank my dear and close friends, Steve Womack and Madam Speaker, for being here.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend for yielding. He and I have known each other for some 60 years. We have served in this body for a very long time.”

“Police Officer Michael Fanone and repeatedly shocked Fanone in the neck with a taser. He was pardoned. The chief of the Capitol Police, when asked about those pardons, said that it was deeply troubling to the Capitol Police, as well it should be.”

“Mr. Speaker, I won't take 3 minutes. This Chamber should be full. I said that earlier because this was not an attack on Democrats. It is not an attack on Republicans.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman who heads the Ukrainian Caucus and has ties to Ukraine. She is deeply tied to America, to democracy, liberty, and freedom. Mr.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to note the extraordinary act of patriotism of one of our fellow citizens. I rise today to thank MacKenzie Scott, formerly the wife of Jeff Bezos, for donating $50 million to Bowie State University, the largest single contribution in the school's history.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a great Marylander, a fellow University of Maryland Terrapin, and dear friend, Bob Mitchell, who passed away on November 12, just days shy of his 89th birthday.”

“Mr. Speaker, one of the most important and critical responsibilities any nation has, any community has, any State has, is the education of its children. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the extraordinary work of an organization from Los Angeles that has lessons for every community in America.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to mourn the loss and celebrate the life of a friend and a great American: Mrs. Freida B. Dority of Alabama. She passed away on June 28 at age 73.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to wish a very happy retirement to an excellent Marylander whom I am proud to represent in the Fifth District: Karen Reid. She is retiring after 23 years of distinguished service here in the House.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a Marylander of great character, intellect, and vision: Dr. Anson H. ``Tuck'' Hines. After 46 years working at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in Edgewater, Maryland, Dr.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to thank Troy Buckler, who is retiring on June 30, 2025, after over 37 years of outstanding service to the House of Representatives in the Office of Acquisitions Management.”

“Store. His job included fulfilling delivery orders to the Cannon and Old O'Neill House Office Buildings. It was a big change for him where he had spent most of his time doing blue collar jobs wearing jeans and T-shirts.”

“Very frankly, my confidence in America does not need that. I don't need Canada to be the 51st State. I don't need to invade Greenland, and I don't need the Gulf of America to have confidence in the greatest country on Earth.”

“Mr. Speaker, tomorrow, May 8, marks 80 years since Nazi Germany surrendered to America and its Allies. Victory in Europe, known as VE Day, came at a tremendous price: hundreds of thousands of Americans and millions of others dead, many more physically maimed and mentally scarred, an indeterminate amount of treasure exhausted, and a continent reduced to ruin.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a terrific institution that I am proud to represent in Maryland's Fifth District: Bowie State University. On January 9, 2025. the school marked its 160th anniversary.”

“Mr. Speaker, I applaud and support the remarks of the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Ross). We must be on Ukraine's side and against dictators, despots, and war criminals.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for hosting this Special Order. I thank my colleague for his service. In full disclosure, my colleague and I probably represent between us about 150,000 Federal employees.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise not only on behalf of Federal workers, as I said, who every day perform the services we, the Congress representing the American people, have asked them to do.”