Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the bipartisan measure before us today. H.R. 1471, the FEMA Disaster Assistance Reform Act of 2015, as amended, contains several provisions important…

The manner in which this Administration has treated my state is absolutely deplorable.

You are destroying my state's economy, and I am not exaggerating.

I look forward to finding out how the Department of the Interior intends to respond to these challenges in a fiscally realistic way.

A huge portion of the energy in this country comes from these areas managed by the Department of the Interior.

We are unable to produce the wealth of this country in a way that can emphasize the importance of having clean, reliable, redundant energy.

We are officially back in recession, with only four other states. And it is because, in large part I would argue, of the policies of the Department of the Interior.

the policies of this Administration are absolutely geared toward killing coal, limiting oil and gas production on Federal lands, and diminishing the revenues available from those lands, which hurts my state more than any other state.

Obviously, the energy sector is facing huge challenges right now.

Thank you, Chairman Bishop, for holding this hearing regarding the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior.

The rules are putting people out of work.

The private insurance market in long-term care was hurt by the introduction of the CLASS Act and then the abandonment of the CLASS Act.

The premium that I pay for a long-term care insurance policy right now is $1,500 to $2,500 per month.

What worries me about what we are doing or what we have done with the discussions we have on long-term care insurance is we pretty much have taken the middle class out of it.

I wanted to briefly key on some remarks that I think are important to revisit.

What has the European response been to the $3.4 billion European Reassurance Initiative (ERI) in the FY17 budget request?

I think that creates some real risk for us.

What has the Russian response been to the $3.4 billion European Reassurance Initiative (ERI) in the FY17 budget request?