Why is the GOP sitting here spending Committee resources trying to tell us that this is just some made-up agenda?

I ask unanimous consent to submit into the record the Department of the Interior's new land acquisition regulations.

Mr. Speaker, I have the privilege to represent the Second District of New Mexico, home to the storied Mescalero Apache Reservation, a place that has lost time immemorial, history, memories, culture, and patrimony from the most devastating…

Mr. Speaker, we pause in prayer for the people of Ruidoso, Mescalero, Lincoln, and Otero Counties. Our hearts break for those who have lost their lives and the 29 who are still missing from the South Fork and Salt fires. These fires have…

Madam Chairwoman, thank you.

I ask unanimous consent to enter into the record the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

Mr. President, I want to begin today before we get to bump stocks by acknowledging the South Fork and Salt fires that have forced literally thousands from their homes in Lincoln County, NM, and the Mescalero Apache Nation over the last 24…

Mr. President, I just want to remind our colleagues that we actually did pass legislation, 2 years ago, to invest in mental health, and we passed a meaningful gun safety piece of legislation. But the assertion that this would ban some…

Several years ago, I was proud to lead, along with Senator Hoeven, the effort to designate the bison as our national mammal.

These House Natural Resources Committee hearings are always an interesting fever dream.

Several years ago, I was proud to lead, along with Senator Hoeven, the effort to designate the bison as our national mammal.

This Committee was originally scheduled for earlier in the morning, but was rescheduled so that Donald Trump could meet with House Republicans off campus for a political rally.

Folks are coming from all over the world. And the journeys that they go on to arrive here are not unlike probably everyone in this room's.

I represent New Mexico. And a lot of the rhetoric that we hear around here around immigration is every state is a border state.

It is disturbing to hear, especially in a Committee like this, to be used in this way.

Our taxpayer dollars are not to be used for political purposes or as a campaign stop for political activities.

Madam Speaker, yesterday in Rules, we had a rare but wonderful moment of bipartisanship as we considered the NDAA. Republican Chair Rogers and Democratic Ranking Member Smith spoke in harmonious unison about the benefits of the bill, which…

The rhetoric that you are hearing here on the dais could be a hearing from 1850, because this is the same argument that people have been making about immigration.