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Every time I visit Fort Hood, I am always left in awe of our great men and women in uniform. They are truly our best and brightest. It's been the greatest honor of my time in Congress to deliver hundreds of millions of dollars in critical infrastructure funding to improve barracks, motor pools and run ways, and it's a privilege to see these improvements with my own eyes.
Our farmers and ranchers are essential to keeping our nation's food supply secure and we must do everything in our power to provide relief as they continue facing challenges with fortitude and determination during the pandemic.
Music venues are a central part of our fabric here in Texas and they need our help.
It is the honor of my lifetime to represent the 25th District of Texas in the United States Congress. While COVID-19 continues to impact our daily lives, I want you to know that I continue to fight on your behalf in Washington.
Across our home state, uncertainty looms as businesses and Texan families take cautious steps toward returning to the "norm" prior to COVID-19. While we have been fortunate to support some of our local shops through carry-out orders and curbside pick-up, the live music industry has experienced catastrophic consequences.
This week, I voted to continue the House's bipartisan tradition of nearly six decades by passing a national defense bill that provides for our men and women in uniform.
Independence Day is rooted in the celebration of our history and the founding principles that formed our young nation. Every year on the Fourth of July, we reflect on the greatest experiment in freedom the world has ever known, and the extraordinary conviction it took to declare ourselves a self-governing people 244 years ago.
Recent events have made clear that we are failing our younger generations.
The Constitution does not disappear simply because we are in the midst of a crisis, despite House Democrats' political ploy. Last week, Speaker Pelosi rammed through a change to House rules that not only broke 230 years of precedent, it threatens to take away the voices of millions of Texans.
Though our remembrance celebrations look different on this Memorial Day weekend, we pause to honor the men and women of our Armed Forces who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. I pray we all take a moment to reflect upon the sacrifices of these heroes, so their memory may live on and their legacies are never forgotten.