What Thomas Massie said, and what was done

“Madam Chair, my amendment is simple. It strikes $3.3 billion of foreign aid to the country of Israel from the State Department funding bill. We have $39.4 trillion of debt.”

“Madam Chair, I heard a common refrain in my colleague's arguments there that, oh, don't worry, all this money is going to the military industrial complex. I have a problem with that.”

“Madam Chair, I offer this amendment sincerely for the American people because the price of housing, the price of fuel, the price of everything is going up because our government, frankly, is spending too much money.”

“Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I rise to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges of the House. The form of the resolution is as follows: Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual harassment.”

“Mr. Speaker, I want to be clear about the purpose of the bill. It is not to collect more information on prospective gun buyers. It is to know the information we have, what has been collected, what can we infer from those things.”

“Mr. Speaker, my friend and colleague on the Judiciary Committee and also on the Rules Committee, Chip Roy, has labored tirelessly to defend the constitutional rights of his constituents in Texas and all Americans.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New York for yielding. Mr. Speaker, James Madison wrote to Thomas Jefferson in 1789: ``The Constitution supposes, what the history of all governments demonstrates, that the executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most prone to it.”

“Madam Speaker, Congress created the Department of Justice. Congress funds the Department of Justice. Congress is responsible for the oversight of the Department of Justice. When will we see justice?”

“Madam Speaker, I rise today to let the American people know that this government is under siege. All three branches of this government are under siege by lobbyists and lawyers from a German company named Bayer.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this War Powers Resolution because the integrity of this institution is in question. Every Member of this House has a duty to uphold the Constitution's system of checks and balances by exercising its Article I powers entrusted to us.”

“Mr. Chair, I rise in support of our amendment. This is cosponsored by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Roy). I regret that we have to offer this amendment.”

“Mr. Chairman, drunk driving is a serious problem, but 31 States already have the technology to keep drunk drivers off the road with ignition interlock devices that they can mandate.”

“Mr. Chair, the last time we offered this amendment, it had bipartisan support. I urge my colleagues to vote for this amendment. It would defund an unconstitutional and unworkable mandate that has already missed the deadlines.”

“Mr. Speaker, James Madison warned us that: ``In no part of the Constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive.'' Madison called it the crown jewel of Congress.”

“Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern). Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.”

“Mr. Speaker, I would love to stand here and tell the American people that we can cut your taxes and increase spending, and everything is going to be just fine.”