Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume. We must come together today on a bipartisan basis to support the people of Ukraine and take a stand against Russia's aggression and illegal violation of Ukraine's sovereign and…

Mr. Chairman, it doesn't seem to me that we have additional speakers. We may have an additional speaker on the way.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel), the ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. As we wait for the additional speaker, I want to thank the chairman again. I think it is very important that we have been able to act so expeditiously in a bipartisan way to send a…

Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Womack) having assumed the chair, Mr. Webster of Florida, Acting Chair of the Committee of the…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. The RAPID Act will create jobs by ensuring that the Federal environmental review and permitting process works like it should. The RAPID Act is drafted to make agencies operate…

Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler). The question was taken; and the Chair…

Mr. Chairman, the amendment is unnecessary and could needlessly block important energy construction projects from breaking ground. The March 2011 ``Project No Project'' study identified 351 energy projects, including nuclear projects…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank the gentleman, and I rise in strong support of the gentleman's amendment. Mr. Chair, I support the amendment. The RAPID Act includes important reforms to assure that agencies wrap up their environmental reviews for construction…

Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the gentleman's amendment. Mr. Chair, I support the amendment. It is bad enough that agencies already take too much time to conclude construction permit reviews. It is even worse for them to draw out the…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 30 seconds just to say to the gentleman from Georgia that the provisions on the projects that he mentioned are exactly why we need this legislation. It is because this legislation incorporates those ideas which…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. 5\1/2\ years after the financial crisis struck in 2008, America remains in a jobs recession. Millions of Americans would call it a jobs depression. The RAPID Act responds to America's…

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 materials on H.R. 2641. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Kingston). Is there objection to the…

Mr. Chairman, I want to commend my colleague on the Judiciary Committee, Mr. Johnson, for the leadership that he has exercised here in bringing this discussion forward on a bill that is very disappointing to me. This bill imposes…

So when people stand here and start attacking that bill and saying how awful it is, I want them to remember just a few of the organizations that stand with Senator Gillibrand: the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America--do you want to…

Thank you very much, Madam President. I thank Senator Gillibrand for her extraordinary leadership. Today you will hear two things: One is to support both bills, which I believe we should do, and one is an attack on the Gillibrand bill…

Mr. President, I rise today on the anniversary of Bob Levinson's disappearance from Kish Island off the coast of Iran. March 9 will mark 7 excruciating years of waiting and wondering for Bob's family who have desperately sought assistance…