[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 146 (Monday, September 8, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H3883]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       NATIONAL GUARD IN PORTLAND

  (Ms. BYNUM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BYNUM. Mr. Speaker, today I am here to stand up for Oregon. Just 
before the weekend, the President spouted off some nonsense about 
deploying the National Guard to Portland. As we have seen in D.C., 
L.A., and now Boston, it is an unwelcome occupation.
  The President is wasting our troops' time and the country's money to 
play cops and robbers for his ego.
  Now, if he wants to send Federal resources to help our State, then 
how about he invests in our schools instead of cutting the Department 
of Education?
  How about he sends funding that we can use to provide high-quality 
childcare to every child and family, to build more affordable housing, 
and to clean up the Superfund site on the Willamette River?
  Mr. Speaker, if the President actually wants to help Oregonians, then 
he should focus on his failing economic policies that are hurting 
Americans and raising our costs.
  We got us.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hurd of Colorado). Members are reminded 
to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the President.

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