I rise today to honor the American Ambulance Association's ``Stars of Life'' recipients from Arkansas. I am proud to recognize these noble Americans who are always there to help those in need. The emergency medical technicians, paramedics…

The budget proposes increases in both taxes and spending, which will likely grow inflation even higher.

I am disappointed that once again it proposes massive non-defense increases, inadequate defense spending, and the elimination of longstanding life protections, such as Hyde.

This debt, along with increasing interest rates, will hurt future generations' economic opportunities.

I don't see how increasing taxes on American corporations will help reduce inflation, address supply chain disruption, or help American companies compete on a global basis.

The atmosphere is a global entity. It does not have borders.

I hope you will work with the committee in crafting bipartisan appropriation bills that can be enacted before the start of the fiscal year 2023.

I believe my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and even the administration seem to share the same goal--responsibly acquiring the minerals our country needs.

So, we would have a lot of squeeze and not much juice out of this new law.

What we should be discussing today the true minerals problem--the alarming global shortage of hardrock resources needed for our future.

I am bewildered and disappointed when the Department of the Interior and many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle take actions and support bills--like the bill we are discussing today--to kill some of the most promising mining…

I cannot express how terrible this decision is for the country, not to mention tone deaf, in light of gas prices hitting new record highs this week at $4.40 a gallon.

Right. So, when you build this battery plant, where are you going to get the lithium, the metals, the rare earths that are needed to build the batteries? Where will they come from?

This looks like something you would see on a comedy skit. But, unfortunately, it is the sad reality of what it takes to permit a mine in Nevada.

Trees are by far the largest scale, they are the most pragmatic, proactive solution that we have to atmosphere carbon.

The rule of law is the bedrock of American society.

when we pass measures in the Congress that do put pressure on a judiciary like that, we need to be mindful of it.

Inflation is at the highest level since 1981.