Speaker Kevin McCarthy

For years, we’ve been locked in a competition against China. We’re competing, seeing who can be faster and stronger. The problem is it’s an unfair fight. Think of it like a swim meet. We used to blow the competition out of the water. But now, we’re swimming with weights attached to us, and it’s slowing us down, and giving China a chance to catch up. The weight holding us back is our debt. It’s dragging us down and giving the Chinese Communist Party – one of the largest owners of our debt - a competitive advantage, which they will use to surpass us as we drown in the deep end. Here’s my suggestion: Let’s stop swimming with so much extra weight. If we don't act now to rein in our spending and national debt in a responsible way, we'll never recover. America will always win in a fair fight. So let's make it fair. Let's win.

I’m worried about how the President is handling the debt ceiling. By ignoring it, he is walking us into the first default in our nation’s history. We have a responsibility to act for future generations—before it’s too late.

If you gave your child a credit card and they kept hitting the limit, you wouldn’t just raise their credit limit—you’d sit down with them and help them figure out where they could cut back on spending. 💳 💸 The same is true of our national debt. Now is the time for a responsible debt limit. Before it’s too late.

American natural gas is 41% cleaner than Russian natural gas. If we sell more natural gas around the world, global emissions would go down further than any Democrat plan out there. Why would President Biden want to veto that?

If you're not excited as an American—do you want to live somewhere else?

If we replaced Russian natural gas in Europe with American natural gas—for one year—we would dramatically lower global CO2 emissions. American energy gives us the power to protect our environment and make the world safer from our adversaries. Let's unleash our full potential.

Here at the Reagan Presidential Library, exhibits show Reagan’s belief in democracy and commitment to the ideas of peace and freedom. Those values serve as the bedrock of our friendship with the people of Taiwan. And they are more important now than ever before.

It takes too long to build in America. 90 years ago, American workers built the Empire State Building in about 400 days. Think we could do it that fast today? One of the reasons we can’t is because of overregulation from government bureaucrats. Pretty much every time we build something in this country--a road, a pipeline, a power line--it gets held up for an average of 5 years. 5 YEARS. So bureaucrats in Washington can write 600 pages of Environmental Impact Statements and leave projects vulnerable to endless lawsuits. It's costly, it's not based on sound science, and Democrats and Republicans can all agree it's holding us back. Fortunately, there’s a common sense solution: permitting reform, which Republicans have included in H.R. 1 - the Lower Energy Costs Act. And it will speed up the time it takes for us to build all kinds of things in America. Learn more at Speaker.gov/HR1.

The Senate just followed the House’s lead and rejected Biden’s “WOTUS” rule. This would roll back some of the Biden Administration’s overreaching regulations that expand the federal government’s authority over many waterways in the U.S. Basically, the Biden rule hurts farmers, small businesses, construction companies, and water districts, by needlessly complicating our already complex permitting process. In effect: projects get delayed and become drastically more expensive, while environmental extremists grow emboldened. Americans are already struggling under President Biden’s anti-growth agenda. Your government should be making it easier—not harder—to produce, work, and thrive in America. I am going to sign this resolution, and I congratulate Chairman Sam Graves, Congressman David Rouzer, and the many Republican lawmakers who worked hard to stop government overreach and restore some common sense to Washington.

The House of Representatives is about to vote on H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights. It doesn’t matter the color of your skin, the zip code you live in, or the wealth you have. As a parent, you should have a right to know what's going on inside your child's classroom.

Happy National Puppy Day from Speaker McCarthy's Australian Shepherds—Teddy and Cash!

We're winning.

When Democrats had the House majority, they refused to ask any tough questions about: → The origins of COVID → The 13 service members we lost in Afghanistan → The $1,000,000 payment from China to the Biden family No more coverups. Republicans are getting to the truth.

It doesn't matter if it's President Trump or a Democrat. Our justice system should not be used to target political opponents. Period.

Democrats in Congress are hiding from the public because of the crisis they created. 300 Americans are dying from fentanyl every single day—the equivalent of an airplane crash—and they can't even bother to show up for a hearing on border security.

Milton Friedman was right in 1978 when Jimmy Carter was president, and he's right today.

The media loves to talk about how divided Washington is. It makes for good TV. But when Republicans and Democrats come together to do something positive, you deserve to know about that too. Rising crime has affected nearly every community in America, and in Washington, DC, things have really gotten out of control. According to DC’s Chief of Police, the average homicide suspect in DC has been arrested 11 times prior to committing murder. 11 times! So when the DC City Council passed a soft-on-crime law to reduce penalties and let criminals out of jail, Congress passed a resolution to overturn it. I've signed it and sent it to the President, who has said publicly he would sign it too. Public safety isn’t about politics. Carjackers don’t ask your political party before they beat you up and steal your wheels. When you visit your capital, you should feel safe. And the law enforcement officers working day and night should know that as Speaker, I will always back the blue.

Do you have a 401k? Or some kind of retirement plan through work? If so, what I'm about to tell you affects you directly. A new regulation from the Biden Administration allows your retirement savings to be used to fund a political agenda you may not agree with. It lets Wall Street redirect your money into something called “ESG” investments. The goal of these funds isn’t to maximize your returns or grow your savings relative to other funds. These are woke priorities whose primary purpose is to push far-left political activism. But there’s good news. Republicans AND a few free-thinking Democrats voted to block Biden’s woke ESG rule. The House and Senate both passed it. I just signed it. And now it goes to the President’s desk. Unfortunately, he is threatening to use his first veto against it. I hope he changes his mind and sides with American workers over Wall Street. If not, it will really show us where his priorities lie.

Every piece of legislation is assigned a number when it’s first introduced. Most of these numbers are chronological. But as Speaker, I get to pick which bills are assigned the numbers 1 through 10 as a way to signal how important that legislation is. I just announced H.R. 1 - our top legislative priority that has a real shot at becoming law. It’s called the Lower Energy Costs Act, and it’s going to do two big things: One - Restore American energy leadership. How? By repealing onerous taxes and overregulation on American energy producers so we can lead the world in providing clean, affordable energy. Two - Make it easier to build stuff in America. Every time we need a pipeline, road, or dam, an average of almost 5 years and millions of dollars in costs get added to the project to comply with Washington's permitting process. That’s too long. We can streamline permitting and still protect the environment. That’s a goal worthy of the number 1.

With the repeal of the soft-on-crime DC criminal code, this new Republican Congress is sending a message: We back the blue—and we will fight to keep communities across America safe.

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My favorite painting is Washington Crossing the Delaware. I have a giant version of it in my office—to remind everyone who sees it that there is no obstacle Americans can't overcome if we row together in the same direction. Here’s the amazing story behind the painting...

Adam Schiff lied. - about Russian collusion - about Hunter Biden's laptop - about knowing a whistleblower Eric Swalwell had a relationship with a Chinese spy. They are disqualified from serving on the House Intelligence Committee.