I continue to believe that what we did saved lives. I think it was a responsible thing to do.

If we are going to have rules, they should apply across the committees on the decorum and the way the hearings are held.

I like coming to the Rules Committee because you all are in-person, because I can look around the room and see facial expressions.

The point of the matter is there are rules, believe it or not, that accompanied the measures that we took here.

I still believe it works best when we are in person.

You abdicate a lot of our input, our authority as Members of Congress, elected Members of Congress.

The word 'Congress' means the act of coming together or meeting, and that is what I believe this body should reflect.

I think there is a format for that. I think we can have roundtables that aren't formal committee hearings where we do that virtually.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1931 extends the authorization of the Japanese American Confinement Sites grant program and establishes a new competitive grant program to award grants to Japanese…

Mr. Speaker, I encourage passage of this bill. I have friends back in Arkansas who, like Representative Matsui, at a young age, were in some of these internment camps, and they are great Americans, very patriotic. We owe it to them to…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 1908, offered by Congressman Case of Hawaii, requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating Ka'ena Point…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, H.R. 2899, offered by Mr. San Nicolas of Guam, requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I also rise in support, along with Chairman Grijalva, and I thank him for his support of H.R. 3113, the MAPLand Act, offered by the ranking member of the Natural…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I also rise in support, along with Chairman Grijalva, of H.R. 3197, the Save the Liberty Theatre Act, offered by Mr. Johnson of Louisiana. Mr. Johnson's bill…

Madam Speaker, I thank the chairman for his support, and I thank Mr. Obernolte for introducing the legislation. I urge adoption of the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 268 authorizes the transfer of approximately 166 acres, by donation, from the International Boundary and Water Commission to the National Park Service for inclusion in the Palo…

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding and also for his leadership in the Western Caucus and on these important issues that mean a lot to places like the Fourth District of Arkansas, to all over rural America, where out-of-touch…

Mr. Speaker, I again urge adoption of the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.