Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Murphy), who is a cosponsor of this legislation.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5890. The most recent omnibus legislation increased funding for the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, or CAPTA, by $60 million, and this…

Mr. Speaker, once again, I want to thank Congressman Brat and Congressman O'Halleran for their work on this important legislation. Mr. Speaker, I urge its passage, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5889, which would help reduce childhood trauma by requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to provide information and technical…

Mr. President, I rise this morning to speak in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act. We are currently negotiating with Members of the Republican and Democratic Parties on how to consider amendments. We will eventually get there…

I'm back in the game.

Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidablyu detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 264. personal explanation

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Frank Tedeschi and Steven Fowler, defense fellows in Senator Rounds's office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

The challenge we have here is to face, to balance competing interests, serious economic interests that benefit different communities in different ways, and this legislation clearly creates a presumption in favor of oil and gas drilling at…

It is very important in making public policy to base it on information and not on the lack of information.

What seems to be lost in these initiatives, however, is an acknowledgement that such attempts to strand Federal assets come at the expense of the American taxpayer.

They can actually say: we want a moratorium, and here is what we are willing to pay for it.

Where I am getting to is diversified portfolios. They all perform very, very well.

Shouldn't New Yorkers be allowed to decide whether they want to imperil their coastline with oil exploration or if they want to develop sustainable renewable energy resources?

These concepts seek to start a conversation about the relationship between states and Federal offshore development.

Having seen the stagnation of oil and gas production on Federal land is very worrying, and I think your proposal to turn it over to the states... is a very good way to get around the mismanagement that the BLM doesn't seem to be able to…

I want to thank the witnesses for their valuable testimony and the Members for their questions.

I think that we do need to keep in mind that these are Federal resources.