Mr. Speaker, President Trump has spent more than a year promising that he would make life more affordable for Americans, but when he took office, instead of lowering grocery bills, rent, and healthcare costs, he went straight after diversity, equity, and inclusion. He threatened private corporations that refused to give up their programs without legal action, while Vice President JD Vance even went so far as to describe these policies as discrimination against White men. That sounds ridiculous because it is, and my constituents know that.
Christian D. Menefee
Representative · Texas · Democrat
Christian D. Menefee
House Floor
Recent comments in the House
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this constitutional amendment that would lock the number of Supreme Court Justices at nine. The more I listen to this debate, the more it is abundantly clear to me that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have no desire to use the power that was given to us under the Constitution. When President Trump starts a war in Iran, they refuse to pass a War Powers Resolution. Now I am hearing an argument that we should lock the number at nine because that is what the Supreme Court wants, but that is not how the Constitution works.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose H.R. 9237, which, if we are being clear, cuts veterans' benefits. The President and my colleagues on the Republican side in Congress have no problem sending our men and women off to war, but the real measure of a nation is not just how it treats their servicemembers when they are on Active Duty. It is how it treats them when they are no longer dodging the bombs, the bullets, and the storms at sea and when they are no longer serving in war.
Biography
Christian D. Menefee represents Texas’s 18th congressional district in the House, taking office on February 2, 2026. A Democrat, he came to Congress from Harris County, where he served as county attorney from 2021 to 2026. He was the youngest person and the first African American to hold that county post. His time in federal office is still new, so the main through line so far is local executive legal work translated into a House seat.
Committee Assignments
View details →- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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