Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. What we have here is Congress trying to interfere with a highly technical review process that has already resulted in the rerouting of the proposed pipeline to ensure that the integrity…

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Chairman Whitfield for yielding, and I especially want to thank my colleague from Louisiana, Congressman Cassidy, for the leadership that he had in fighting hard to get this bill brought to the floor so we can…

Mr. Speaker, there were many close elections across America last week, but there was one clear winner: ending our failed prohibition on marijuana and instead legalizing, regulating, and taxing adult use. Alaska and the District of Columbia…

Mr. Speaker, during a recent visit to Lansing, North Carolina, I stopped in Rose Mountain Butcher Shoppe and met its proprietor, Ann Rose. Ann is a pioneer in the region's local foods movement, delivering meat and organic produce from…

Mr. Speaker, I rise on Veterans Day Week to pay tribute to our dear friend and longtime former colleague, Congressman Lane Evans. An honorable man and Marine Corps Vietnam veteran, Lane was elected in November 1982, and sworn in January…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to today's legislation to grant automatic approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, bypassing the legal review process. Today's bill grants immediate authority to Canadian company TransCanada to ``construct…

Mr. Speaker, thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, once again, we heard our friends on the Democrat side talk about special interest money. They were talking about green energy: $18 billion a year is spent, money that would be spent like what…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 233, nays 185, not voting 16, as follows: [Roll No. 517] YEAS--233 Aderholt Amash Amodei…

Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Colorado, and I will tell you, we are trying to keep the stage set that we in the Republican majority are leading for jobs for America. We are leading to help gas at the pump be less than what it has…

Mr. Speaker, just so we really are a little bit clear, the President indicated last week what he might do on this exact issue of Keystone pipeline. He said that he would consider signing the bill if it creates jobs. So, Mr. President, the…

Mr. Speaker, for the past 6 years, President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State Kerry, and Senate Democrats have made sure that the American people would continue to wait for the Keystone pipeline. The Keystone…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 748 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 748 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be…

Mr. Speaker, at this time, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Ennis, Texas (Mr. Barton). As the former chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, he knows about as much as anybody in the United States Congress about not just the…

Mr. Speaker, I think we are seeing the same heresy take place here on the floor, and that is trying to scare people. It is Republicans who are trying to move a job bill, and jobs, the American people understand. Let's keep this thing right…

Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado, Mr. Polis, my friend, pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time…

Mr. Speaker, today we recognize the first ever World Pancreatic Cancer Day in an effort to shed a light on this disease as well as the determination to eradicate it. Pancreatic cancer is the only major cancer that still has a 5-year…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Whitfield. Mr. Speaker, for years I and Members of this body have come to the floor in support of the Keystone pipeline project, asking for the Senate and the White House to put politics aside in favor of this…