Marjorie Greene

Ms. GREENE of Georgia

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Madam Chair, my amendment would basically say that no funds authorized or to be appropriated in this act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2025 may be used for electric vehicles or electric vehicle charging infrastructure. My amendment would ensure that no funds are authorized in this year's NDAA to be used on electric vehicles or electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Electric vehicles made up only about 7.6 percent of U.S. car sales in 2023 and remain a very small percentage of all cars nationwide. The reason why that is, is because they are not popular, they are not practical, and none of Americans' hard-earned tax dollars should be used for our military to be forced onto electric vehicles. Automakers continue to report millions of dollars in losses on electric vehicles. They have already begun scaling back pronounced investments in electric vehicles to production targets more in line with consumer demand. Remember, that is less than 10 percent. CNBC reports Ford Motors, General Motors, Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen, Jaguar, Land Rover, and Aston Martin are all scaling back or delaying their electric vehicle plans. On Earth Day in 2022, a day not traditionally associated with the grand national security pronouncements, Biden said: ``We are going to start the process for every vehicle in the United States military, every vehicle is going to be climate-friendly. ``Every vehicle. I mean it. We are spending billions of dollars to do it.'' Energy Secretary Granholm said: The Biden admin set a 2030 target to switch all nontactical military vehicles to electric. That is quite the opposite of what my colleagues across the aisle are saying. Our military, our Department of Defense, is for the defense of the United States, and their mission goal is to protect our national security, not to play climate politics. It is absolutely ludicrous that, as we continue to waste our precious military resources in Ukraine, Joe Biden wants the military to rely on China, which is on track to control a third of the world's lithium by 2025, and to provide the materials for electric vehicles. China currently produces over 80 percent of the world's batteries. We don't need Americans' military to be dependent on China's batteries. Forcing the military to adopt unreliable electric vehicles would endanger the lives of servicemembers and weaken our ability to defend ourselves from attacks. It also will waste money on an already-failing industry that Americans just do not want to take part of. My amendment will ensure the charade is no longer funded. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Madam Chair, examples of the electric vehicle funding in this bill text are: Joint Base Andrews, microgrid with electric vehicle charging infrastructure for $17.92 million. Joint Base Andrews is only 10 miles outside of Washington, D.C., in Maryland. This is the very base that, if there was an attack on our Nation's Capital, Joint Base Andrews would be responding. Are we going to have to sit around and wait for our military members at Joint Base Andrews to charge their electric vehicles to come into the Nation's Capital to defend us in case of an attack? I don't think the American people want to spend almost $18 million for that. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey is another example of funding. Microgrid with electric vehicle charging infrastructure of $17.73 million, another enormous waste of money. At a time, Madam Chair, where military recruitment numbers are at an all-time embarrassing low, Americans do not want to spend money to play climate politics. If we are going to spend more money on our Department of Defense, on our NDAA, why don't we pay military recruits more money instead of paying for electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations? That is an embarrassment, and I think it is an insult to the American people, who work very hard to pay their taxes. Another little fact that everyone needs to know is there is a problem with electric vehicle charging stations. They don't always work. As a matter of fact, a recent number that came out is one out of every four electric vehicle charging stations do not work. This is an investment into a system that isn't reliable, isn't proven, and is a massive waste of the American people's money.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Madam Chair, my amendment strikes funding for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program. My amendment would strike over $433 million in NATO funding from the bill. America should not be doling out hundreds of millions of dollars to international organizations to help them fight their enemies, especially when they are unwilling to fight for themselves. As of 2023, a majority of NATO countries do not meet their pledge to spend a minimum of 2 percent of their GDP on defense. The United States has been financing and promising to defend NATO countries for decades and paying more than its fair share, all while countries like Germany fail to fulfill their NATO obligations. European countries could and should be stepping up their financial contributions to ensure the security of NATO. Instead, they prefer the U.S. taxpayer to foot the bill and, if the time comes, for American servicemembers to die for them. Our continued involvement in NATO only undermines the security of our Nation because it embroils the United States in other countries' military entanglements even if the United States has no direct interests. This is exactly what has happened in Ukraine, which could become a part of NATO. Billions of American taxpayer dollars go to the corruption capital of the world, and the sanctions placed on Russia end up actually hurting Americans. As long as we remain a member of NATO, the United States will continue to function as the military ATM of European countries at the expense of our own citizens, putting our own national security and our economy at risk. If the United States further involves itself in NATO, it may be another 20 years of Afghanistan all over again, except the outcome may end up being much, much worse. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Madam Chair, may I inquire as to how much time is remaining.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Madam Chair, the American people are very fed up with their hard-earned tax dollars being sent overseas to countries all around the world, especially when our own border is being completely invaded every single day. We don't have an idea of how many millions of people are in this country. We know that it is upward of 12 million, while some estimates go as high as 20 million. Our country is being invaded by people from over 160 countries around the world. We are talking about criminals, gang members, cartels, rapists, murderers. All kinds of convicted criminals have come into our country and are committing crimes against Americans. Just recently, there was an illegal alien monster that was arrested in the State of New York by NYPD that was released. When he was released, because the justice system of New York did not prosecute him, this monster then came to Georgia and murdered Laken Riley. These are the types of crimes that are happening all over our country. Just recently, Madam Chair, as I heard you speak earlier today about two police officers who were killed in New York, these are the types of things that Americans care about, the crimes that are being committed against Americans. We are not interested in seeing our hard-earned dollars go to countries that don't even meet their commitments. Over half of the NATO countries have not met their pledge to spend at least over 2 percent. We are talking about countries like France. We are talking about countries like Denmark, Germany, Italy, Canada, Turkiye, Spain, and many others that are not even paying and meeting their pledge of spending at least 2 percent in NATO. Yet, America is beyond our pledge. We are spending, in 2023, 3.5 percent of our GDP, yet we don't do anything to defend our own country and our own borders. This is why Americans would love to see Congress take action, action to defund NATO and stop spending hundreds of millions of their hard- earned money to defend these foreign countries while we don't defend our own country and our own people. Madam Chair, I urge Congress to vote for this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the CBDC Anti- Surveillance State Act. This would prohibit unelected bureaucrats at the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency that would destroy Americans' rights to financial privacy. CBDCs are a digital form of sovereign currency designed and issued by the Federal Government and recorded on a ledger controlled by the Federal Government. In other words, if a political enemy of the deep state or, say, a Democratic regime says or does something that is not approved, the government could prohibit them from using their digital government-controlled financial assets or simply take them away. We are talking about Americans' money. Never forget that, in the past few years, we just lived through a time--and Americans are very aware of it--where the government forced social media to censor Americans for their statements about the 2020 election, unconstitutional COVID lockdowns, and violations of Americans' medical freedoms, forcing them to take an experimental vaccine in order to work, go to school, shop, go to restaurants, and live. Government tracking Americans on keywords like ``MAGA'' or ``Trump'' or Americans who care about their Second Amendment rights has also been something that has happened in the past few years and is still happening. The very idea of our government controlling our money with the ability to turn it off whenever they see fit is terrifying. Mr. Chair, I support this bill, and I urge my colleagues to support it.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I seek recognition to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges of the House. The form of the resolution is as follows: House Resolution 1209. Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant. This is the uniparty, for the American people watching. Whereas, the House Republican Conference elected Mike Johnson on October 25, 2023, after 3\1/2\ weeks of trying to decide on a new Speaker of the House. Whereas, Mike Johnson sent the Republican Conference a letter making promises as to what type of Speaker he would be and outlining his plans going forward. Mike Johnson put forth seven tenets that would guide the Conference under his Speakership: 1. Restore trust by ensuring total transparency, open processes, and regular order. 2. Advance a comprehensive policy agenda supported by Conference consensus. 3. Promote individual Members and thus the whole team by working to understand and emphasize each Member's unique strengths, district dynamics and challenges, and individual goals and objectives. 4. Engage Members in productive working groups to formulate solutions in key policy areas and enhance our internal communications and team building. 5. Effectively message to persuasively inform the Republican base and the American people of our policy agenda, why we are pursuing it, and how it will ensure liberty, opportunity, and security for all Americans. 6. Build and utilize external coalitions in the Conservative ecosphere, including think tanks, policy groups, and other allied organizations that can contribute to our efforts. 7. Develop and grow our majority by building upon our resources and expanding the base to successfully advance our Conservative agenda. Whereas, Speaker Johnson has not lived up to a single one of his self-imposed tenets. Whereas, Speaker Johnson allowed the Conference only 1 day rather than 72 hours to review a 1,000-plus page bill, to which no amendments could be offered, rather than ensure ``total transparency, open processes, and regular order.'' Whereas, Speaker Johnson worked with Democrats to produce appropriations text, NDAA text, and other legislative items rather than with Republicans ``to understand and emphasize each Member's unique strengths'' and engage with them. Whereas, Speaker Johnson relied on majority Democrat support to pass a two-part omnibus spending bill rather than advancing a ``policy agenda supported by Conference consensus.'' Whereas, on December 1, 2023, Speaker Johnson failed to protect the Republican majority when he allowed multiple votes to remove another Republican from the House of Representatives. It was unprecedented for a Member to be removed from Congress by a two-thirds vote prior to conviction of a crime. To this day, the Republican expelled from the House under Speaker Johnson has not been convicted of a crime. Meanwhile, a Democrat now holds that seat. Whereas, Speaker Johnson supported fully funding abortion, the trans agenda, the climate agenda, foreign wars, and Biden's border crisis rather than ensuring ``liberty, opportunity, and security for all Americans.'' Whereas, Speaker Johnson relied on Democrat votes on at least two occasions, with the first transgression occurring on March 22, 2024, with the House passage of H. Res. 1102--part 2 of the Johnson-Schumer omnibus--and the second transgression occurring on April 20, 2024, with House passage of H.R. 8035--the $61 billion Ukraine funding bill. On both occasions, the ``majority of the majority''--112 Republicans-- voted against the measures, while only 101 voted in favor. Whereas, before Kevin McCarthy was ousted as Speaker, our Conference had passed seven appropriations bills, which were some of the strongest Conservative bills passed in decades. Speaker Johnson refused to continue this important process. He, instead, led us to another CR on January 18, 2024, and got it passed with the support of 207 Democrats and only 107 Republicans, while 106 Republicans voted against it. Whereas, Speaker Johnson passed a third CR, this time calling it a ``process CR,'' as if that made continuing Nancy Pelosi's budget, yet again, any different from the previous CRs. Whereas, with little to no communication with our Conference, Speaker Johnson passed the first minibus appropriations bill on March 6 and passed the second minibus appropriation bill 2 weeks later on March 22. Whereas, a two-part omnibus split into two minibuses was crammed down our throats and passed under suspension of the rules with only one day to review it. Whereas, Speaker Johnson's omnibus did nothing to stop Biden's deadly border invasion--it fully funded it. Speaker Johnson did nothing to stop the energy-killing Green New Deal climate agenda--he fully funded it. He did nothing to stop the weaponized Department of Justice and FBI--he fully funded them. He did nothing to stop the trans agenda on kids--he fully funded it. He did nothing to stop full-term abortions-- he fully funded them. He did nothing to stop the fueling of forever foreign wars--he fully funded them. Whereas, on April 18, 2024, the Rules Committee passed H. Res. 1160-- the rule providing for consideration of the $95 billion foreign funding package--by a vote of 9-3. Notably, all Democrat Members of the committee voted to advance the measure to the floor while three Republicans opposed it. It is unprecedented for Members of the minority party to advance a resolution out of the Rules Committee. Since 1995, there have been a few instances of rules advancing out of committee with minority support. However, H. Res. 1160 is the only instance where this was done to bypass opposition from the Members of the majority party. Whereas, the last instance an appropriations measure which passed the House failed to include a ``majority of the majority'' was on final passage of the fiscal year 2015 Department of Homeland Security House Appropriations bill during the 114th Congress. In the months following this failure, Speaker Boehner announced his resignation. Whereas, in a January 26, 2024, ``Dear Colleague,'' Speaker Johnson called the Senate supplemental and border security legislation ``dead on arrival in the House.'' Likewise, in January 2024, Speaker Johnson took a trip to the U.S.-Mexico border where he said, ``If President Biden wants a supplemental spending bill focused on national security, it better begin by defending America's national security.'' Whereas, in the months following his border trip, Speaker Johnson introduced a $95 billion foreign aid supplemental with no border security attached. Whereas, excuses like ``this is just how you have to govern in divided government'' are pathetic, weak, and unacceptable. Even with our razor-thin Republican majority, we could have at least secured the border, with it being the number one issue in the country and the issue that is actually causing Biden to trail President Trump in poll after poll. Whereas, Speaker Johnson's capitulation on his promise to secure the border came on the heels of Laken Riley being brutally murdered, women and children being raped by illegal alien monsters, and our own Border Patrol and Texas National Guard being run over by hordes of military- aged illegals. Whereas, great legislation, like H.R. 2 and the Laken Riley Act, are only messaging bills unless we fight to enforce them in our government funding bills. Whereas, while serving on the House Judiciary Committee, Mike Johnson was a strong defender of individual liberties and was the chair of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government. Despite his history as a defender of civil liberties, on April 12, 2024, Mike Johnson cast the deciding vote against requiring a warrant for U.S. person queries of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) section 702 data. Whereas, our Conference could have also taken out funding for abortion and the trans agenda on kids, if our own Speaker would have allowed us to offer amendments. Instead, Mike Johnson worked with Chuck Schumer rather than the Conference and gave Joe Biden and the Democrats everything they wanted, no different from how a Speaker Hakeem Jeffries would have done. Whereas, Speaker Johnson fully funded Special Counsel Jack Smith's witch hunt and 91 indictments against President Trump, our Republican Presidential nominee. House Republicans could have used our power of the purse to stop this, but Speaker Johnson didn't even let us try. Whereas, Joe Biden's weaponized DOJ is arresting a new January 6th election protestor every single day and putting nonviolent political enemies, including veterans, mothers and fathers, and grandparents in jail for years, and the fifth January 6th defendant has now committed suicide. Whereas, our pro-life Christian Conservative Republican Speaker Mike Johnson fully funded the Department of Justice as it is prosecuting and convicting peaceful pro-life activists who are facing 11 years in jail, again refusing to allow Republicans to offer amendments to stop these injustices. Whereas, actions are the only thing that matter, and words are meaningless without following through on them. By passing the Democrats' agenda and handcuffing Republicans' ability to influence legislation, our elected Republican Speaker, Mike Johnson, has aided and abetted the Democrats and the Biden administration in destroying our country. Whereas, removing this uniparty Speaker will not give the Speaker's gavel to the Democrats, which would only happen if Republicans actually vote for Hakeem Jeffries. In fact, Minority Leader Jeffries, Nancy Pelosi, and other high-ranking Democrats have publicly stated they will save Mike Johnson from a vote to vacate him. In a recent interview, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said: ``Even though we are in the minority . . . we effectively have been governing as if we were in the majority.'' Whereas, our country is nearly $35 trillion in debt and about $40 billion are added to the debt every day, our border is overrun by illegal invaders and terrorists from over 160 countries, our people are being killed by the hundreds every single day by fentanyl, and Mike Johnson refuses to do anything about it. Whereas, Mike Johnson is ill-equipped to handle the rigors of the job of Speaker of the House and has allowed a Uniparty--one that fuels foreign wars, tramples on civil liberties, and increases our disastrous national debt--to take complete control of the House of Representatives. Whereas, Speaker Johnson's tenure is defined by one self-serving characteristic: When given a choice between advancing Republican priorities or allying with the Democrats to preserve his own personal power, Johnson regularly chooses to ally himself with Democrats. Now, therefore, be it resolved, That the office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives is hereby declared to be vacant.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Yes.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, my amendment today would drive the bill for Ukraine, that each dollar amount in this act is hereby reduced to zero. You see, the United States taxpayer has already sent $113 billion to Ukraine, and a lot of that money is unaccounted for. This is a continuance of a sick business model that the American Government continues. The Federal Government continues to fund the military industrial complex, and this is a business model that requires Congress to continue to vote for money, to continue to fund foreign wars, and this is a business model the American people do not support. They don't support a business model built on blood and murder and war in foreign countries, while this very government does nothing to support our border. The American people are over $34 trillion in debt, and the debt is rising by over $40 billion every single night while we all sleep, but yet nothing is done to secure our border or reduce our debt. Inflation has driven out of control. Americans are suffering every single day. They can hardly afford their grocery bills. They can hardly afford gas in their car. They can hardly afford rent. Right now mortgage payments are well over $3,000, where they were only just over $1,700 3 years ago. The youngest generation, young adults don't even think they are going to be able to buy a home in their lifetime, and today, in Congress, the most important thing that this body thinks should be done is to send another $61 billion to a war in Ukraine that the American people by 70 percent do not support. Mind you, this comes on the very heels of Monday, April 15, tax day, where every single American had to scrounge up their money and send their dollars in to the IRS, or some of them had to file extensions because they weren't ready and didn't have the money to pay their taxes. But today, this body says the most important thing we can do, no, it is not reduce spending, that is not it; not to do anything to drive down inflation, oh, no, we can't do that for the American people; it is not to secure our own border that is invaded every single day by people from over 160 different countries; no, don't secure the American border, let everyone in. Mr. Chair, we have over 1.8 million known got-aways. We don't know who these people are. Yet, there are Members of this body talking big and tough: Oh, we have to defeat Russia. Oh, we have to protect Ukraine. Yet they are all unwilling to protect the American citizens that pay their paycheck, pay the light bills in this building, and pay for this entire Federal Government. For what? For nothing. Ukraine is not even a member of NATO. Ukraine is not a member of NATO, but the most important thing you hear in Washington D.C., is: Oh, we have to send Americans' hard-earned tax dollars over to Ukraine and keep the money going to continue to murder Ukrainians, wiping out an entire generation of Ukrainian men, leaving behind widows, fatherless orphans, and not enough men to work in their industries. Oh, but you really support Ukraine. Wow, what kind of support is that? It is repulsive. Mr. Chair, shame on the American government. If we support our military, support our military. We should be funding to build up our weapons and ammunition, not just send it over to foreign countries to kill foreign people. If this body was worth what it claims to be, every single one of us would be demanding peace in Ukraine, between these countries, peace for these people so that no more of them have to die. Mr. Chair, we never hear anybody demanding peace. No, no, peace is the last thing Washington wants because it doesn't fit the business model. This is a business model that they say continues our economy, protects American jobs. What a disgusting business model. We should have a business model that builds up our American companies and American jobs to serve American interests, and our military and our government should care about protecting the national security of the United States of America, and the Americans that pay their hard-earned tax dollars to fund all of this. America last. America last, that is all this is. Every single day, America last. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, the question today is: Do you trust the government? We often hear the claim that it is for your safety, and any time the government tells us it is for your safety, the American people really question what that means. The same intelligence community that spied on President Trump's campaign has been deeply invested in reauthorizing FISA. The same intelligence community that wrote the letter lying, saying that the Hunter Biden's laptop is not real, deeply wants FISA reauthorized. These are also the same people in the intelligence community that abused FISA and spied on hundreds of thousands of Americans, and I would argue they will continue to do it. These are also the same people who oppose the FBI having to get a warrant before they can search Americans' data. Yet, we have a clause in this bill today that protects Members of Congress and requires Congress to be notified before they can search Members of Congress' data. It is always the rules for thee, but not for me. The problem is that this process to reauthorize FISA has received more effort than Congress has actually given securing the border. If the government really cared about protecting Americans, then they would shut the border down and mass deport terrorists out of our country and criminal illegal aliens, but they are not doing that. No. They are telling us we have got to reauthorize FISA so the government can continue to spy on Americans. There has been a lot of games played here in the swamp this past week when it comes to authorizing this bill. We were even told on Wednesday that FISA was completely stopped; yet, here we are voting on virtually the same rule and virtually the same text. The only change has been from a 5-year sunset to a 2-year sunset.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I would argue that changing that timeframe does nothing. If Congress wants to change FISA to protect Americans or get rid of it altogether, we can do that. We make the laws. The question today is: Do you trust the Department of Justice to hold the FBI accountable? I don't. The warrants aren't added to the bill text unless we pass the amendment after this vote and change the bill text. A vote to change the bill text and add warrants will not get me to pass the final bill, to pass FISA, because I don't trust the government and neither should you.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I rise in extreme opposition to the second part of the omnibus bill. No Republican in the House of Representatives in good conscience can vote for this bill. It is a complete departure of all of our principles, especially if you call yourself pro-life. This bill funds full-term abortion. This is not a Republican bill. This is a Chuck Schumer, Democrat-controlled bill coming from the House majority that is supposed to be controlled by Republicans, yet our majority has been turned over to the Democrats.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Madam Speaker, it is the will of our voters, and it is the will of Republicans across the country that this bill should not be brought to the floor. This bill will absolutely destroy our majority and will tell every single one of our voters that this majority is a failure. This is the bill that the White House cannot wait to sign into law. This is the bill that rips our border wide open and tells every single person in over 160 countries around the world they can invade our country, they can run over our Border Patrol, they can run over our Texas National Guard, they can come in, rape our women, murder our people, and squat and take over our homes. Madam Speaker, this is an atrocious attack on the American people. The Speaker of the House should not bring it to the floor, and this bill should not pass.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as the only Member of Congress that has ever been banned by social media. On January 2, 2022, Twitter banned me, banned my personal account on which I was campaigning for Congress, raising money, and using my free speech to inform the voters in my district they can vote for me. This was not done by a company owned by China. That was done by American-owned Twitter. This came on the heels of our own United States Government working with Big Tech and working with social media companies to censor and ban Americans' free speech. I believe that this bill can cause future problems. It is opening Pandora's box, and I am opposed to this bill. Most Americans don't trust the United States Government because of our experience dealing with it. Never forget that the United States Government also was the one that provided the Russia hoax to Americans. It also worked to ban Americans' free speech. It also has worked in so many ways to illegally spy on Americans through FISA without a warrant. If we wanted to be serious about stopping a foreign adversary, if we wanted to be serious about stopping China, we would stop China from buying our U.S. farmland. We would raise up our American energy independence. We would also stop the Green New Deal and not rely on China who owns and operates 85 percent of the battery market worldwide. There are dangers that lie ahead in this. This is really about controlling Americans' data. If we cared about Americans' data, then we would stop the sale of Americans' data universally, not just with China. There is some further issues. This is a Pandora's box. What is to stop Congress or the United States Government in the future from forcing the sale of another social media company claiming that it is protecting Americans' data from foreign adversaries. I think we can see in the future another Russia, Russia, Russia, and possibly force the sale of X as many Members in this body claim that Elon Musk is altering the algorithms of X. By the way, it was Elon Musk's purchase of X that restored my social media account on Twitter and allowed me to have my free speech back on Twitter. There are also Democrat Members of this body claiming that election meddling can happen on social media. Well, we can never forget Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. We can never forget the election meddling that happened there. By the way, American- owned Facebook and Instagram is where most of the garbage like the gender lies and the woke lies exist. Many Americans and many teenagers believe awful things and they don't just see them on TikTok, they see them on Facebook and Instagram, too. I don't think this will accomplish what the goal is to accomplish. The other concern is that when the government moves in to force the sale of TikTok, who is going to buy it? That is the question that we should be asking. Who is going to buy it? Who will be the next to control the data of over 170 million Americans? Are we going to trust Mark Zuckerberg to control their data? I certainly don't. By the way, most of the time, my posts on Facebook are shadow banned, and I certainly don't have the reach on that social media account. I think that there are many other ways to protect data, and I think this body is capable of it if we choose to do it. Mr. Speaker, I oppose the bill.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 532, to designate the Federal building and United States Courthouse located at 600 East First Street in Rome, Georgia, as the Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse. This bill honors a man who devoted his life to the service and protection of our Nation, Judge Harold Murphy. Born in Felton, Georgia, in 1927, Judge Murphy attended West Georgia College before serving in the Navy toward the end of World War II. He resumed his studies at the University of Mississippi and the University of Georgia School of Law where he graduated in 1949. He began a law practice in Haralson County, Georgia, and in 1950 was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives as the youngest member at the time. Judge Murphy served five consecutive terms before stepping down in 1961 to focus on practicing law. In 1971, Judge Murphy was appointed by Governor Jimmy Carter to the Superior Court for the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit, and following his election in 1976, Mr. Carter nominated Judge Murphy to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 28, 1977. For 45 years he served his country on the Federal bench and became an acclaimed jurist and legal icon with a stellar reputation that extended far beyond Georgia. He always displayed a quick wit and a keen sense of humor. Judge Murphy once subpoenaed a talking myna bird who had witnessed a store robbery to testify in court. He was kind and empathetic and treated all those who appeared before him with courtesy and respect. Judge Murphy's congeniality was only surpassed by his fairness and prudential impartiality. In fact, he is the only judge who was known to receive Christmas cards from inmates in prison that Judge Murphy had himself put away. He was so excruciatingly fair and impartial that during one case, he even talked a defendant out of a guilty plea. Judge Murphy worked tirelessly and carried a full docket until the age of 90 when he took senior judge status in the Northern District of Georgia. He continued to preside over cases until his death on December 28, 2022. Judge Murphy received many professional awards and recognitions, including from the State Bar of Georgia and the University of Georgia School of Law. In 2014, Alabama State University renamed its graduate school after Judge Murphy in recognition of his landmark ruling in Knight v. Alabama, a long-running case that the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals asked him to handle involving the vestiges of racial segregation then present in the University of Alabama System. Above all else, Judge Murphy was a loving and devoted husband and father, and a strong role model who made everyone who knew him in northwest Georgia proud.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I urge the House and the Senate together to consider what terrible days we are in for the American taxpayer. America has been enslaved in $34 trillion in debt, and yet over the weekend, the Senate went into overtime throughout the Super Bowl and beyond into the early morning hours to pass a $95 billion package to fund foreign wars--$95 billion, and not a penny of that goes to anything for any American. Our border is completely being invaded every single day by millions and millions of people from all over the world, over 160 countries. Over 2 million got-aways are in America today. A got-away is a person from a country we do not know where they are from, we do not know where they are inside our country, what State they are in, what city they are in. We do not know what they are going to do here on our homeland, but we have lost them. Over 10 million people have crossed the border during the Biden administration, yet the Senate works overtime to fund foreign wars--$95 billion, and $60 billion of that is to go to Ukraine. America has already sent $113 billion to the failing war in Ukraine. It is a complete buzz saw for an entire generation of Ukrainian men. This is a land where there should be peace talks continuously ending this war, not a place where we continue to write blank checks and keep the money laundering going, keep the corruption going, keep selling our weapons to lands and countries and governments we do not know. There is so many stories of corruption coming from Ukraine, but they claim that we have to fight for the democracy of Ukraine. That is a lie. Ukraine suspended their elections. If we are fighting for democracy, why do we fight for a country that suspends their election, locks up American journalists, and destroys free speech. This is nothing but a money laundering scheme all on the backs of the American taxpayer while the American taxpayer is punched in the gut every single day as our border is kept wide open. The American people do not support continuing this war. The American people work hard for every single penny they earn, and it is time for the House and the Senate, Republicans and Democrats, to remember our oath of office. It is time for us to serve the American people, the American interest, American causes, American businesses, and the American border. Yet, this institution has lost its way. Madam Speaker, we are $34 trillion in debt, and the only thing that we are talking about is the continued funding of a war in Ukraine and funding a war in Israel. That is a danger for Israel. If Israel takes America's money, they open themselves up to the Biden administration and the State Department getting their hooks in their government and telling them what to do in their war. Israel doesn't need to be told what to do in their war. They need to be allowed to conduct their war as they see fit. They were attacked horrendously by Hamas who are terrorists. We need to leave Israel alone and let them fight their war, but no. Every single time we come back into town, the main issues we talk about here are how to fund foreign countries, foreign wars, and foreign governments while the entire world invades our country, and the American taxpayers are forced to pay for it all. This is a complete failure for the American taxpayer. It is a betrayal of our citizens. This institution, the House and the Senate, need to remember our one constitutional duty, and that is to create a budget, a budget that funds our government for our people; a budget that does not enslave our people into further debt, and yet we have failed to do that. We have only passed 7 of our 12 appropriation bills and the Senate has not finished passing their appropriation bills either. I am here to urge my colleagues in the House and the Senate that we must come together and remember our oath of office, remember the people that we serve, and do our jobs. We serve the American people, and we should be serving the United States of America.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of H. Res. 863, impeaching Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Alejandro Mayorkas is guilty of aiding and abetting the complete invasion of our country by criminals, gang members, terrorists, murderers, rapists, and over 10 million people from over 160 countries into American communities all across the United States. His willful refusal to secure the border has bankrupted communities, closed down U.S. schools that our children attend, drowned hospitals, and incapacitated law enforcement, while empowering criminal cartels and illegal aliens. My Democrat colleagues argue that one cannot be impeached over policy differences. Well, I argue that breaking our laws is more than just policy differences. Mr. Speaker, 300 dead Americans every day from fentanyl poisoning is more than just a policy difference; it is murder. Today, in my own office, narcotics law enforcement officers from Georgia told me that 7 out of 10 doses of Oxycontin or Percocet sold on the street are laced with fentanyl, and that comes directly across the border from Mexico. Secretary Mayorkas has violated numerous provisions in the Immigration and Nationality Act, including unlawfully directing DHS to mass-parole illegal aliens into the U.S. when Federal law specifically prohibits this, and unlawfully implementing catch and release policies when Federal law specifically mandates the detention and removal of inadmissible aliens. In fact, detention facilities under Mayorkas have been mostly vacant because of such unlawful policies. The largest detention facility in California, which can house almost 2,000 illegals, is currently housing only 6 illegal aliens. He has violated his oath of office and breached the public trust by willfully refusing to ensure the laws passed by Congress and signed into law by the President are faithfully executed as required by Article II of the Constitution. He has allowed over 10 million illegal border crossers to invade our country, approximately 2 million of whom are known got-aways. These are people who have completely evaded U.S. authorities and are roaming the interior of American communities, assaulting, raping, and murdering Americans. God help us if we have a terrorist attack on our land. His subversion of the law has resulted in the highest number of illegal alien encounters in a single day, the highest number of illegal alien encounters in a single month, and the highest number of illegal alien encounters in a single year, surpassing every national record on each account.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Madam Speaker, his willful refusal to enforce the law has resulted in the most egregious national security crisis in the history of our country. Democrats are in a quandary. Either they must own the policies of murder and crime of American citizens, or they can admit Secretary Mayorkas has broken Federal laws and vote to impeach Secretary Mayorkas.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I seek recognition to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges of the House. The form of the resolution is as follows: Censuring Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Whereas, elected Members of Congress take an oath to ``bear true faith and allegiance'' to the United States, ``without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion''; Whereas, Representative Ilhan Omar took an oath of allegiance to the United States upon becoming a citizen, declaring, ``I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen''; Whereas, on January 27, 2024, Representative Omar gave remarks at an event in Minneapolis in which she made treasonous statements; Whereas, Representative Omar said she has spoken to many Somalians who asked her to intercede for the Somali Government by pressuring the United States Government into certain actions; Whereas, Representative Omar assured the Somalians she spoke to, ``the U.S. Government will only do what Somalians in the U.S. tell them to do. They will do what we want and nothing else. They must follow our orders and that is how we will safeguard the interest of Somalia.''; Whereas, Representative Omar continued, ``for as long as I am in the U.S. Congress, Somalia will never be in danger, its waters will not be stolen by Ethiopia or others. Sleep in comfort knowing I am here to protect the interests of Somalia from inside the U.S. system.''; Whereas, George Washington warned in his Farewell Address of 1796 to ``Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism'', and further declared, ``Citizens, by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations''; Whereas, these statements by Representative Omar clearly violate the oath she took as an elected Member of Congress to defend and protect the United States Constitution; Whereas, Representative Omar has exhibited the treasonous tendencies George Washington warned about, and her actions must be condemned by all Members of Congress who adhere to the oath they took upon assuming office; and Whereas, by openly admitting her efforts to advance Somalia's interests using her position as a United States Representative, Representative Omar has revealed herself to be a foreign agent acting on behalf of a foreign government: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, that-- One, Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota be censured; Two, Representative Ilhan Omar forthwith present herself in the well of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure; Three, Representative Ilhan Omar be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker; and Four, Representative Ilhan Omar be, and is hereby, removed from the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, September 30, 2023, the House of Representatives was considering a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown. Minutes after the Democratic whip made a motion to adjourn, Jamaal Bowman decided to pull a fire alarm. He pulled that fire alarm intentionally and willfully, and he knew exactly what he was doing. This happened in the Cannon House Office Building, where my office is located. I happened to have been in my office when he pulled the fire alarm. This caused the Cannon House Office Building to be evacuated, and my staff and I could not return to our office for several hours. Once the fire alarm was pulled, the elevators shut down. It made it very difficult for everyone to leave the building, especially if they were handicapped. People had to go down the stairs in order to exit as the fire alarm was blaring. Not only that, all the staff had to leave. They were not allowed to reenter for a very long time. Capitol Police were scrambling, trying to figure out what had happened, if there was a fire, and if there was a threat to our safety and security. They had to go into an investigation immediately in order to understand why the fire alarm was going. Jamaal Bowman did not tell the Capitol Police that he pulled the fire alarm even though he admitted himself that, when he makes a mistake, he would tell his own students: If you have made a mistake, own up to it and take accountability. Jamaal Bowman had plenty of opportunity to admit his mistake and take accountability for his own actions. He should have told Capitol Police immediately that he made a mistake, as he claimed. It wasn't a mistake, Mr. Speaker. It was on purpose. It was intentional. It was all in part to play the games and the shenanigans that the Democrats were pulling that day as they were trying to block the continuing resolution that was being considered on the House floor. Remember, Mr. Speaker, the fire alarm was pulled minutes after the Democratic whip made a motion to adjourn. More importantly, he was intentionally playing his part to obstruct an official proceeding. By the way, this is the same thing that has been used against January 6 defendants and is still being used to this day. They are being locked up, held in pretrial detention, and being prosecuted by the Department of Justice nearly 3 years later for obstructing an official proceeding, which is exactly what Jamaal Bowman, a Member of Congress, did on September 30. We have a two-tiered justice system in Washington, D.C. Regular people walked into the Capitol. By the way, many nonviolent offenders walked in open doors. Some of them who also were standing out on the lawn and never entered the Capitol are being charged for obstructing an official proceeding. Yet, Jamaal Bowman says that it was a mistake and that he should get a pass. His colleagues make excuses for him and call us unserious. Do you know what is unserious, Mr. Speaker? Having a justice system that doesn't hold everyone accountable and doesn't treat people the same way. This is an outrage, and this is a disgrace to this institution and this body. For someone who is a former principal and who punished his own students for intentionally pulling fire alarms to make up petty excuses and think that his own constituents and the American people will buy his lie is a slap in the face to his voters, the people whom he represents, this entire country, and every single one of us who serves in this body. I would also add that if anyone is going to be charged and forced to remain in jail, forced to be serving prison time for obstructing an official proceeding, then Jamaal Bowman should face the exact same fate of every single January 6 defendant. Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to vote for this censure resolution, and I thank Representative McClain for introducing it.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I seek recognition to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges of the House. The form of the resolution is as follows: Resolution impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Resolved, that Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following Articles of Impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate: Articles of Impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America against Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. Article I. Rather than adhering to an oath he took to defend and secure our country and uphold the Constitution when he was sworn in as Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas has engaged in a pattern of conduct that is incompatible with the laws of the United States as follows: Article II of the Constitution requires that the executive branch, which today includes the Secretary of Homeland Security, ensures the laws passed by Congress and signed into law by the President are faithfully executed. The Secure Fence Act of 2006, Public Law 109-367, requires that the Secretary of Homeland Security ``maintain operational control over the entire international land and maritime borders of the United States.'' In his willful admittance of border crossers, terrorists, human traffickers, drugs, and other contraband, Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas has failed to maintain operational control of the border, thereby violating the Secure Fence Act of 2006. The Guarantee Clause set forth in Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution dictates, ``The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against iInvasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.'' The Guarantee Clause clearly dictates that the Federal Government has a constitutional duty and obligation to protect each of the States from invasion. As Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas has violated his oath to uphold this constitutional duty by allowing the invasion of approximately 10 million illegals across our borders. The ongoing invasion at our southern border is a direct national security threat against the States and against the citizens therein. Secretary Mayorkas has willfully abandoned his duty to secure the border and protect States against invasion, thereby violating Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution. To wit, since Mayorkas has headed the Department of Homeland Security, there have been approximately 10 million illegal border crossers who have invaded our country at our border. This is broken down between 8 million encounters and approximately 1,800,000 known got-aways who have evaded United States authorities and are roaming the interior of the United States; at least 280 people on the terrorist watch lists caught while attempting to cross the border between ports of entry; approximately 400,000 unaccompanied illegal alien children encountered at the southern border, with at least 85,000 of these children having gone missing; at least 1,424 deaths of illegals at the southern border; approximately 73,000 special interest aliens arrested at our border, which are aliens from a nation that promotes terrorist activity, harbors terrorists, or poses a security threat to the United States. This is the number arrested at the border not counting however many of the 1,800,000 known got-aways are special interest aliens; approximately 659 special interest aliens from Iran; approximately 6,386 special interest aliens from Afghanistan; approximately 538 special interest aliens from Syria; approximately 3,153 special interest aliens from Egypt; approximately 12,624 special interest aliens from Uzbekistan; approximately 30,830 special interest aliens from Turkiye; approximately 1,613 special interest aliens from Pakistan; approximately 164 special interest aliens from Lebanon; approximately 185 special interest aliens from Jordan; approximately 123 special interest aliens from Iraq; and approximately 15,594 special interest aliens from Mauritania. In fiscal year 2021, Customs and Border Patrol seized approximately 11,200 pounds of fentanyl. In fiscal year 2022, CBP seized approximately 14,700 pounds of fentanyl. In fiscal year 2023, CBP has seized a record of approximately 27,000 pounds of fentanyl. Over 70,000 Americans died from fentanyl in fiscal year 2022. Fentanyl is now the number one killer of Americans between the ages of 18 and 45. Fentanyl kills approximately 300 Americans a day. This is the amount of fentanyl that has been seized at the border, yet 300 Americans are being killed by fentanyl poisoning every day. The amount of unseized fentanyl has not even been taken into account. The Constitution also requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to observe the Immigration and Nationality Act, (8 U.S.C. 1101). This law requires Homeland Security to detain inadmissible aliens arriving in the United States or illegal aliens presently in the United States. Instead, the Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Mayorkas has practiced catch and release policies, whereby illegals are detained but then released without any mechanism to ensure they show up to court for processing. By terminating contracts for border wall construction, ending the migrant protection protocols, which is remain in Mexico, unlawfully granting categorical parole, and being complicit in ending title 42, Mayorkas has made it easier for illegal aliens and drugs to enter the United States, endangering American citizens, and has made it harder for CBP to expel such threats. Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas in his inability to enforce the law has engaged in a pattern of conduct that is incompatible with his duties as a civil officer of the United States. Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, in his failure to uphold the oath he took, has, by his actions, lost the trust of the citizens of the United States to faithfully execute the laws of the United States. Wherefore, Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.

Ms. GREENE of Georgia

Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, my amendment prohibits funding for the enforcement of any COVID vaccine mandate. This includes every agency under the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Education. During COVID, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration implemented unconstitutional, tyrannical vaccine mandates for businesses with more than 100 employees. This mandate applied to 84 million workers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implemented the same tyrannical mandates for healthcare workers. Thousands of healthcare workers were unjustly fired for refusing the experimental vaccine, many of whom were from my district in northwest Georgia. The Department of Education also put out recommendations and guidance for schools to require students to get vaccinated. Furthermore, the Federal Government has spent more than $30 billion on the COVID vaccines, including incentivizing their development, guaranteeing a market, and ensuring that these unsafe vaccines would be free to the public, but they weren't. The American taxpayers were forced to pay for them. Big Pharma was the only industry that benefited from these mandates. From 2020 to 2021, Pfizer saw a 95 percent increase in earnings while businesses all over America were shut down and crushed. In 2020, Pfizer's revenues were $41.6 billion. In 2021, Pfizer's revenues were $81.3 billion, doubling the year before. In 2022, Pfizer's revenues hit a record of $100 billion. That is outrageous. Americans suffered, people lost their jobs, and businesses were forced to close. As we know now, the experimental vaccines have been detrimental to Americans and have caused irreversible injuries, and in some cases death. In just 15 months after the vaccine rollout, approximately 1,400 peer-reviewed articles documented severe adverse events after the COVID-19 vaccinations, a concerning safety signal not even rivaled by combining all other vaccines in the worldwide medical literature over the last century. There have been approximately 1 million adverse events resulting from the COVID vaccine reported in the VAERS system, which includes everything from myocarditis, blood clots, permanent disability, miscarriages, stillbirths, and menstrual abnormalities. The following shows significant increases in various diseases and medical conditions among servicemembers who were forced to take the vaccine: hypertension, 2,181 percent increase; disease of the nervous system, 1,048 percent increase; malignant neoplasms of the esophagus, 894 percent increase; breast cancer, 487 percent increase; female infertility, 472 percent increase. These are just to name a few. Historically, a vaccine is subjected to an average of 10 to 12 years in clinical trials before it is authorized to be administered to the general population. Under an emergency use authorization, these vaccines were available to the public as early as 10 months after development. Mandating such a vaccine is a complete abuse of power, and no American should be forced by the Federal Government to have any experimental shot injected into their body. Our Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra, said it is absolutely the government's business to know whether and which Americans have not been vaccinated. He also previously said: Absolutely, the message is clear. You are vaccinated, guess what? You get to return to a more normal lifestyle. If you are not vaccinated, you are still a danger, and you are still in danger as well, so get vaccinated. These vaccines are not as safe and effective as the American people were told. COVID is over. Not only has Congress passed it, the President himself signed it. No one should be forced to take a vaccine. My amendment prohibits the enforcement of any COVID vaccine mandate, and I urge all of my colleagues to support my amendment. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.