Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Johnson).

Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Whitfield), one of my classmates.

Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise), the distinguished majority whip.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my friend, Mr. Camp, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, this jobs package includes important legislation, H.R. 1526, the Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 2. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte), the distinguished chairman of the Judiciary Committee.

Mr. President, I wish to congratulate A.O. Smith Corporation, a ``Made in Wisconsin'' company on the occasion of their 140th anniversary. A.O. Smith was founded in 1874 in Milwaukee, WI, and over the past century has grown rapidly from a…

Many breweries provide spent grains to our dairy and livestock farmers as a source of animal feed.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the rule and the underlying bill. Each year, Washington imposes thousands of pages of rules and regulations on America's private sector employers, as well as…

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the distinguished gentleman from Washington for yielding and for his leadership over the years. We are going to miss him in this House, but I appreciate him leading on these energy efforts as he has over the…

Mr. President, of the 21 million veterans in our country, about 750,000 live in Illinois. I hear from many of them as I travel around the State meeting with different groups. Like veterans throughout the United States, Illinois veterans…

I also wish to say a word about Secretary Kerry, who has been working night and day since he left the Senate, as Secretary of State, and he testified yesterday. I know what he is trying to achieve. I salute him for that and of course the…

There are moments when Members of the Senate have to reflect on the responsibility we are given--extraordinary moments, unlike other votes that we cast--because at least part of this important spending bill relates to U.S. military…

Mr. President, in honor of Hunger Action Month, I want to say a few words about the real and lingering problem of hunger and food insecurity. Hunger has no boundaries. In a Nation that prides itself as the land of plenty, more than 47…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Oregon for yielding as well as for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, once again, as we stand on the brink of a 7-week recess, we are here in this Chamber considering a package of warmed-over bills that…

At the end of the day, the most effective conservation is conservation that helps save money, or actually makes money.

Any farmer will tell you that, right along with their children and their grandchildren, they have no greater asset than the soil on their farm.

the Chief is doing an outstanding job, and the agency is working through a lot of things that we have thrown at them.