I think we need to be doing more to crack down on the sales of these priceless cultural objects.

The cost of inaction on mining reform has been too great already.

You are doing the right thing, Secretary Jewell, and I want to work with you to enact common-sense reforms.

The law that transferred the Valles Caldera to the National Park Service allows these longstanding permits to remain in place.

outdated requirements are resulting in over $100 million worth of natural gas being wasted, which has cost my State $43 million in lost royalties since 2009.

Can I have your commitment that you will work with me and other members of the congressional delegation to resolve this issue quickly?

They have made steady progress on economic development in recent years, but they really needed a boost.

I could not think of a better person to be Secretary of Agriculture because you served as Governor from a rural State.

The unemployment rate there is totally unacceptable. It is near 50 percent.

Thank you very much for that initiative, because I have many communities in my State that I think need that kind of initiative and kind of push that you are making there.

Selecting five new schools for priority construction is only the beginning of the investment we need to make in tribal schools.

I believe we won't get there unless we develop some kind of 'Marshall Plan' for Native youth that fully funds infrastructure needs.

I am very pleased that this subcommittee was able to provide an 85 percent increase for Indian school construction and improvements in the 2016 omnibus.

Mr. Speaker, the district I serve, the Fifth District of Massachusetts, is home to women who have shaped our Nation's history. I would like to celebrate one of those extraordinary women in celebration of Women's History Month. When you…

Mr. Speaker, of the several postal namings that we will be voting on today, in my humble opinion, none can recognize a more significant contribution than this one. Many will pay honor to those who have served their country, particularly…

For my last question, General Williamson, I am assuming the Army's planning to start an APS [Active Protection Systems] test and evaluation program that would integrate technologically mature systems on Abrams, Bradleys, and Strykers.

Weak words are not enough. Failure to call ISIS a mass murderer of Christians, Muslims, and other groups in addition to Yezidis by its proper name, genocide, would be an active denial as grave as U.S. refusal to recognize the Rwandan…

I represent the East Bay out in California, where so many of these apps have been created, are being developed, and being used by my constituents, and other folks in the Bay Area.