[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 168 (Thursday, November 14, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H5979]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       RECOGNIZING KENZIE WILLEN

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Kentucky (Mr. Comer) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Kenzie Willen from 
Cumberland County High School in Burkesville, Kentucky.
  Kenzie was runner-up in the Kentucky High School Girls State Golf 
Tournament. This was a very competitive golf tournament. I knew several 
of the girls in the golf tournament from around the State, and Kenzie 
finished second overall. In Kentucky we don't have classes. Every 
school competes against every school--the big schools against the 
little schools.
  Kenzie's achievement was the highest athletic achievement in the 
history of tiny Cumberland County High School.
  Kenzie was also recently named the KHSAA Fourth Region Girls Athlete 
of the Year. Kenzie's parents, Lannie and Kristi Willen, are good 
friends of mine and are leaders in the great community of Burkesville, 
Kentucky.
  Mr. Speaker, I again congratulate Miss Kenzie Willen from Cumberland 
County High School.


                        Thanking American Voters

  Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the voters of America for 
overwhelmingly turning out to reelect a Republican majority in the 
United States House of Representatives.
  I had the honor of serving this Congress as chairman of the House 
Oversight Committee, and I plan on serving my final 2 years as chairman 
in the next Congress.
  The House Oversight Committee passed 23 good government bills through 
this House body, most of which received bipartisan majorities. The 
House Oversight Committee also led many successful investigations and 
probes, including our bipartisan PBM investigation--that is pharmacy 
benefit managers.
  Our investigation revealed, along with our three bipartisan committee 
hearings, that the pharmacy benefit managers were actually doing the 
opposite of what they were created to do. They were created to help 
lower the price of prescription drugs when, in fact, in many instances 
they have actually increased the price of prescription drugs.
  I believe our work on the House Oversight Committee will lead to 
significant reforms for the PBM industry in this next Congress.
  We also had many other successful investigations, the most high 
profile of which was the Biden family influence peddling investigation, 
which revealed that the Biden family received tens of millions of 
dollars from our adversaries around the world, and according to the two 
IRS whistleblowers, never paid a penny of taxes on it. Despite the 
President of the United States saying he didn't know anything about it 
and never met with any of these people, he met with every single one of 
them.
  We achieved many of our objectives with respect to providing the 
American people with the truth. We provided the American taxpayers with 
badly needed oversight, despite massive--and I repeat that, Mr. 
Speaker, massive--opposition from the Biden-Harris administration, as 
well as constant disruption and dishonesty from Ranking Member Jamie 
Raskin.
  I hope that this next Congress on the House Oversight Committee we 
can work together to get the backs of the American taxpayers to provide 
the badly needed oversight that the American people deserve and that 
Congress is supposed to provide.
  I am excited about the future because I am confident that the Trump 
administration will be more transparent than this current 
administration has and cooperate with us and do things like provide 
information when we request it.
  We work for the American people. We work for the taxpayers. The 
taxpayers have taken it on the chin, Mr. Speaker. They expect Congress 
to provide oversight. They expect good government. They expect 
efficiency and transparency with their hard-earned tax dollars that 
they send here to Washington, D.C. They have not been getting that, Mr. 
Speaker.
  I also look forward to working with Elon Musk and the new government 
efficiency task force. I think there are lots of opportunities there, 
Mr. Speaker, to save significant amounts of tax dollars. We cannot 
continue to operate in this body spending $1.5 to $2 trillion a year 
more than we take in. It is not sustainable, and it has led to 
excessive spending.
  The American people spoke loud and clear. They want good government. 
They want efficiency and transparency. Mr. Speaker, I pledge that the 
House Oversight Committee will work together to see that the American 
people get the efficiency and transparency in the government that they 
deserve.

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