Mary Miller

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Chair, it is time to refocus the USDA on its core mission of supporting our farmers and rural communities. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Madam Chair, the FDA is no place for the left to push their radical climate agenda. While farmers face real problems, like rising input costs, the left wants to make sure that the green bad deal infiltrates every aspect of our lives. Under the Biden administration, the USDA came out with an Action Plan for Climate Adaptation and Resilience. Instead of promoting the left's climate priorities, USDA should be focused on promoting policies that actually help farmers. That is why my amendment makes sure no Federal funds go toward the USDA's climate hubs. I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on the amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Madam Chair, with due respect to the gentleman from Georgia, the farmers in my district recognize climate change as summer, winter, spring, and fall, and we would like the USDA to focus on policies that actually help producers and rural communities. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Madam Chair, President Biden's COVID mandate was illegal and unconstitutional, but his radical administration tried to force it through anyway. We will never forget that President Biden tried to use the Federal Government to fire 84 million struggling Americans from their jobs. Congress must pass this amendment to ensure that the Federal Government cannot implement its radical COVID agenda on Americans ever again. Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Madam Chair, we need to pass this amendment so that this can never happen again. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. I have an amendment at the desk.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Chair, the American people do not want their tax dollars going to the creation of the Obama communist climate corps, which is a leftwing indoctrination program for young people that advances Communist China's attack on American energy and promotes China's solar panels, lithium batteries, and windmills. Congress must prohibit funding for this green bad deal army and reverse the America last agenda. Barack Obama's communist revolution to fundamentally transform America kills our domestic energy production. Obama flies on private jets and has beachfront mansions. He doesn't care about climate, and he doesn't think the oceans are rising. Taxpayers do not want to fund the foot soldiers of Obama's communist revolution. Mr. Chair, I urge the adoption of my amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I thank Congressman Jackson for working tirelessly to stop Joe Biden from using our military to fund abortions and his woke agenda. Throughout this year, we fought to incorporate an amendment into the Defense bill to protect the religious liberty of our servicemembers and prevent the Biden Pentagon from funding abortions. The American people do not want the military paying for abortions. Biden's radical leftwing transformation of our military has created a recruitment and retention crisis which puts our military readiness in crisis. I thank my colleagues in the House who have fought to keep our military from funding abortions. No taxpayer funds should ever be used to fund abortions, and I will continue to advocate for innocent life. As the saying goes: ``America is great because America is good.'' Abortion is evil, and we can never become advocates for killing innocent babies in the womb.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise to address the historic impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden. Congress must hold Joe Biden accountable for serving as the kingpin over a series of shady foreign business deals involving his family members. Bank records and extensive evidence show that the Biden family received $20 million in cash, diamonds, and sports cars from China, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, and other foreign entities. Joe Biden was directly involved in this foreign influence-peddling scheme, and when Biden's son demanded $5 million in cash from a Chinese official, he wrote, ``I am sitting here with my father. . . .'' Congress has a duty to the American people to protect taxpayers from this type of foreign corruption.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Chair, this amendment requires airlines to reinstate pilots who were fired or forced to resign because of vaccine mandates. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Chair, this amendment requires the inspector general to investigate the FAA's decision to broaden the acceptable EKG range for pilots to fly. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Chair, I rise as the designee for amendment No. 35.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Chair, I urge support of amendment No. 35, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Chair, I rise as the designee for amendment No. 36.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Chair, I urge the adoption of this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of my amendment. Secretary Buttigieg and President Biden's policies have created chaos within the FAA. Under the Biden administration, we saw the first full ground stoppage of all flights since September 11. Taxpayers deserve to know where Secretary Pete was jetting off to on a private jet while our constituents were dealing with canceled and delayed flights. My amendment will force the FAA to hand over the flight logs for the Transportation Secretary's private FAA jet from the last 3 years. The Washington Post reported that Secretary Buttigieg took 18 secret taxpayer-funded private flights. Taxpayers deserve transparency and oversight. I urge my colleagues to support transparency for the Secretary's private flights and adopt my amendment. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Chairman, I urge the adoption of this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of my amendment. Secretary Buttigieg and President Biden's DEI initiatives which hire and promote people based on their physical characteristics over their merits and qualifications violate Title VII and the Constitution. In critical public safety roles such as air traffic control, it is essential to have the best possible candidate based strictly on professional qualifications and merit. Efforts by the Biden administration to factor race, gender, and sexual orientation into hiring and promotion decisions puts the traveling public at risk and deepens the staffing shortages we have seen throughout the FAA. Under this administration, we saw the first national ground stoppage since September 11. My constituents regularly face delays caused by shortages in air traffic control staffing, delays that I am sure many of my colleagues have also experienced. We must roll back the Biden administration's woke DEI policies and put the needs of our public aviation system before the far left's political agenda. I urge the adoption of my amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Chairman, I urge the adoption of my amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois

Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise to defend our daughters' right to privacy and safety. This spring, a 16-year-old girl swimming for a local swim team in my district was banned from the YMCA for speaking out against men undressing in the girls' locker room. My constituent, Abbigail, was simply exercising her right to privacy and safety. She should not be punished for defending herself and her teammates. In Congress, I am committed to defending our daughters from the Biden administration's radical changes to Title IX that will make this an everyday occurrence for young girls across our country. The YMCA should immediately reverse their decision and apologize to Abbigail and her family. YMCA leadership should prioritize the safety and privacy of young girls instead of prioritizing a radical, leftwing political ideology that is allowing adult men to expose themselves in front of our young girls. Men should never be allowed to violate girls' locker rooms and bathrooms. Governor Pritzker continues to promote policies that put our daughters at risk. His failure to address the concerns of parents and protect the safety and privacy of young girls in Illinois is deeply concerning to parents. Please, we must speak out to protect our daughters and end this madness.

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Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, priests and pastors have guided our troops through the darkest days of our toughest battles, and it is imperative that Congress continues to support and defend the religious liberty of our brave servicemen and -women. This year, on Easter weekend, the Biden administration kicked Catholic priests out of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center through a cease and desist order. In response to this attack on our servicemembers and their religious liberty rights, I had the honor of leading my colleagues in the House in sending a letter to Biden's Department of Defense demanding answers and accountability. The Defense Department claims that they are looking into why pastoral care was removed from Walter Reed during Holy Week, but Congress must demand that they correct this wrongdoing to ensure that this never happens again. We must safeguard religious liberty for our troops by ensuring pastoral care at Department of Defense medical facilities.