I just want to congratulate you on, again, pulling together a very timely, and it is a very, very important issue.

We want that to have an opportunity to get into Cuba. We are less than 600 miles from Cuba.

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The United States' policy towards Cuba is more than 50 years old, and it has failed.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5587, the Strengthening CTE for the 21st Century Act, which would reauthorize the Perkins Career and Technical Education program. The research is clear: the United States workforce is suffering from a…

the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, is fundamentally flawed. It can't be fixed and is imposing unsustainable, ever-increasing costs on Americans including my western New York constituents.

Mr. Speaker, during negotiations with the criminal Ayatollah, the U.S. paid Iran, the world's largest state sponsor of terror, a $400 million ransom to free hostages. Shockingly, the administration now has made two additional payments…

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2 (a)(1) of rule IX, I rise to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges of the House. The form of the resolution is as follows: House Resolution 828--impeaching John Andrew Koskinen…

There is a couple words that come to mind--negligence, incompetence.

In those 2 months, why wasn't there a time for this to go through the committee process and regular order?

The fact that this bill attempts to steal over 100,000 acres of land, I find is offensive to the concept of tribal sovereignty, as well as the integrity of our Nation's agreement with our Indian Nations.

When you lose your apex predator, it throws entire ecosystems out of whack.

I find it unacceptable that the bill includes language ranging from a public land giveaway, to a failure to protect the Bears Ears region, to shedding environmental protections, and the fact that this legislation steals land from the Ute…

Can you give me information to reassure my constituents that the advice of that committee is non-binding and inform me as to what other options are being looked into the BLM, other than the completely unacceptable proposal of slaughter or…

I hope that in the future we can be more evenhanded in the committee.

Mr. Speaker, I think what is frustrating in consideration of this deficit-busting, irresponsible, Republican tax-and-spend bill is a double standard. We have a bill before us that would increase the deficit by over $33 billion, yet we are…

I am hopeful that we can move forward. I am not asking for a markup. I am just asking for a hearing.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I thank the gentleman for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule for consideration of H.R. 3590, and to the bill. They say you can't have…