Madam Speaker, I again encourage adoption of these amendments, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Arkansas is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Speaker, again, I support this group of amendments en bloc and encourage a ``yes'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to this amendment, which adds more responsibilities to the already duplicative and expensive title III portion of this bill, which was never debated in the Committee on Natural Resources. I have no…

Madam Speaker, I rise in wholehearted support of these amendments en bloc, which include amendments from our colleagues from Oregon (Mr. Bentz) and from Wisconsin (Mr. Tiffany). These amendments would ensure that the funds provided in…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I also rise in support of this amendment en bloc. None of the amendments included in this amendment en bloc would add more spending to this bill. Three of the amendments in this en…

Madam Speaker, once again, we all have invasive species that we deal with. It is something we should be focusing on. We just don't need another duplicative Federal program to do that. Madam Speaker, I encourage a ``no'' vote on the…

Madam Speaker, this amendment would actually make the bill worse by authorizing nonprofit organizations to receive funding under title I. This amendment is in direct contravention to the original intent of this legislation, which is to…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Idaho for making a point that it is really the underlying reason that we should be--or the underlying question we should be talking about is, Why do we need to recover America's wildlife? It is…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, there has been a lot of talk about this bill being bipartisan. The original House version of the text did have 42 Republican cosponsors on it, which is a sizable number…

Mr. Speaker, I encourage the majority to put their estimates to the test. Let's make this a bill with a 7-year sunset like the amendment that I proposed. Let's come back, look at it, and see if it really did save money. If it really did…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. In closing, I just want to go back through the facts as we know them. We know that we need to do better habitat management, whether it is forest, rangelands, oceans, rivers, or lakes…

Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed…

Mr. Speaker, this report does show that it will cost over $12 billion in the first 10 years and $1.4 billion thereafter. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Stauber).

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I know that we all like the idea of dynamic scoring, and I spend a lot of money on hunting and fishing myself, as do a lot of other Members of Congress. But CBO, unfortunately, does…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in reluctant opposition to H.R. 2773, as drafted. The goal of this bill is commendable. Republicans and Democrats alike want to see America's wildlife…

Mr. Speaker, I will point out that even though there is a reporting requirement in the legislation, once you approve mandatory, permanent spending, then Congress loses our leverage. Creating a permanent program doesn't bode well for…

Like Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who at least is honest. He says the U.S. the most heavily incarcerated country in the world has an under incarceration problem.