Jim Jordan

Mr. JORDAN

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Herrell).

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I would just point out that a few speakers ago, the gentleman from Maryland used the term ``religious garb.'' A physician's conscience, a physician's faith, which compels him or her not to take the life of an unborn child is not religious garb. That is a deeply held position of conscience and position of faith. Mr. Speaker, to have a Member from the other side raise that argument when we have specifically pointed to the First Amendment, pointed to page 25 of the bill, which says ``the Religious Freedom Restoration Act will not apply,'' is ridiculous. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx).

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Good).

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert).

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Owens).

Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Indiana (Mrs. Spartz).

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Johnson), the ranking member on the Subcommittee of the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I will read from the bill, page 25 of their legislation. The previous speaker, Madam Speaker, is just flat-out wrong. Here is what it says: The Religious Freedom Restoration Act shall not--shall not--provide a claim or a defense to a claim under the legislation or provide a basis for challenging the application of this bill. They put it in the bill. You can't use the standards set forth in RFRA that was passed. You can't even use that as a defense. It is spelled out in the legislation. As my colleague from Louisiana said, the very first right mentioned in the very first amendment to the Constitution, in the very first amendment of the Bill of Rights, is your right to practice your faith the way you see fit. And they put in their legislation: No, you can't. No, you can't. That is what is in the bill. That is why they didn't want a hearing, as previous speakers said, because they didn't want us to be able to talk about this in a hearing where you have testimony, witnesses. They didn't want that. They come to the floor, and as my colleague from Texas said, give this a fancy name while they are taking away American citizens' most fundamental liberty, the liberty the Founders chose to mention the very first right in the Bill of Rights. That is why we oppose this legislation. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Biggs).

Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Norman).

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. I yield an additional 10 seconds to the gentleman from Texas.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, the last statement was ridiculous, and I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, who is next? Who is next? Everyone has said things they wish they didn't say. Everyone has done things they wish they didn't do. So who is next? Who will the cancel culture attack next? Former New York Times editor Bari Weiss--not a conservative--had to resign because of the environment at that paper. She had to resign--she coined this term--the ``digital thunderdome.'' You engage in wrong-think? You engage in wrong-speak? You are going in the thunderdome. Today, it is Mrs. Greene. Who is it going to be tomorrow? I have heard several times on the floor today from the Democrats, ``conspiracy theory.'' The Democrats peddled the biggest conspiracy theory of all time, the Russia hoax. For the last 4 years, they peddled this theory. Two of those years, they spent $40 million, 19 lawyers, 40 FBI agents, 500 witnesses, 2,500 subpoenas, but came up with zero collusion. The former Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, he was going on television all the time, talking about the coordination and the collusion that was going on. But what did he say behind closed doors when he was under oath in the Intelligence Committee? He said this: I never saw any evidence that the Trump campaign was conspiring with the Russians to meddle with the election. No evidence, but they peddled this theory for 4 years. And think about this: The guy who started the debate off today for the Democrats, the Democrat chair of the Committee on Rules, 4 years ago, guess who was the first person to object to the 2016 Presidential election? The guy who kicked off the debate for the Democrats today going after Mrs. Greene, the gentleman from Massachusetts. Guess what his reason was: the Russian hoax conspiracy theory. And guess which State he objected to. Alabama. That is right, January 6, 2017, the guy who kicked off the debate from the Democrats objected to Alabama, a State that President Trump won by 30 points. The first person to kick off the debate today 4 years ago objected to Alabama based on this Russian hoax conspiracy theory. And now, they are coming after Mrs. Greene. I stood right here 3 weeks ago, and I said this cancel culture will not just come after Republicans; it is going to come after us all. It is going to come after us all. This is what is scary. And it took all of 13 days--all of 13 days--for that to be proven true. Last week, Senator Dianne Feinstein Elementary School is no longer named after Senator Feinstein. That is how bad this is. I hope this stops, and I hope it stops soon.

Mr. JORDAN

Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield the gentleman from Florida an additional 40 seconds.

Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield the gentleman from California an additional 30 seconds.

Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Buck).

Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Gaetz).

Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock).