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I would like to welcome everyone to the House Committee on Rules’ Member Day for the 118th Congress. Pursuant to Section 3(h) of H. Res. 5, the Committee is convening this memberday to hear from the broader body about issues under this Committee’s jurisdiction. I am glad to see the interest and participation of the membership off our committee and look forward to hearing their ideas.
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As part of our Commitment to America, House Republicans pledged to strengthen the supply chain and defend America’s national security. Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration’s weakness, an emboldened China still threatens those tenets.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Yesterday, by a vote of 416-0, the House of Representatives voted to establish a bipartisan task force to investigate the attempted assassination of Donald J. Trump. Chairman Michael C. Burgess (R-TX) brought the measure to the floor as part of the House Rules Committee's original jurisdiction.
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We are at the cusp of four years under the Biden Administration—four years since we sat here, some virtually, to gavel in the 117th Congress and a new Administration. Upon reflection on what has happened over the last four years, I can only think of one word: debt.
Under the Biden Administration’s philosophy of “tax and spend our way out of a global pandemic,” the federal government has undergone a drastic transformation and expansion that has impacted every American life and pocketbook.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chairman Michael C. Burgess (R-TX) and Ranking Member James P. McGovern (D-MA) released the following statement on the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On behalf of House Rules Committee Republicans, Chairman Michael C. Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement on the attempted assassination of President Trump:
The Rules Committee members are praying for President Trump and for everyone impacted by the shooting, said Chairman Burgess. I am absolutely devastated by the divisiveness seen today in our nation. President Trump will come back stronger than ever and bring unity back to the United States of America.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - On behalf of Rules Committee Republicans, Chairman Michael C. Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement on the passing of Rhonda Massie, wife of Congressman and Rules Committee Member Thomas Massie (R-KY):
"The Rules Committee is praying for the family of our dear fellow member, Representative Thomas Massie, as they go through this difficult time of grief. May his family feel the peace, comfort, and love from the people surrounding them."
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In 2014, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates famously stated then Vice President Biden: "Has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.” Ten years later in 2024, Gates lamented how the deterrent power of the U.S. declined in the last several years and concluded, “Nobody seems to be afraid of us.” It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out President Biden is the common denominator in this shocking turn of events.