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H.R. 881 is a solution in search of a problem.

Mr. Speaker, last week the Republican Majority in the House of Representatives decided that they know better than the residents of the District of Columbia what their local government needs.

impeachment is the most consequential tool Congress has for upholding our duty to defend the Constitution and protect the American people from a president who has betrayed his oath and engaged in illegal conduct.

I rise in opposition to H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act.

I expressed my serious concerns with how this resolution was written then, but nothing has changed.

I rise in opposition to the slate of permitting bills that the Republican majority has brought to the House Floor this week.

This bill does nothing to address the health care affordability crisis and is full of tired, failed ideas from previous GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

We cannot afford to abandon these investments during a worsening climate crisis.

Let me be clear--I will not write blank checks to the Department of Defense.

I do believe there is a compromise between better testing and creating rifts between our trusted exporters. The minority would be happy to work with the majority and the Congressman on honey regulation through FDA, but we don't believe…

I will say it is great news. It is good news. We got a new date. We are going to get a vote on year-round E15 on May 13. That is terrific news... I hope that we do get our long-awaited vote on year-round E15. The last time E15 year-round…

just wow. Just wow. That entire speech is just wow. At the end of the day, we are sitting here talking about the farm bill, and this amendment does nothing to materially address the very real issues farmers are facing as they look at…

I want you to imagine a single mom who is on the SNAP program--remember, this is $6.20 a day--who wants to put a four-pack--remember, no one can afford six-packs anymore because everything is too expensive--wants to purchase a four-pack of…

Mr. Chair, USDA loan programs have helped thousands of farmers and ranchers access the capital they need to feed people throughout the Nation and beyond. Opening up these critical loan programs to the vague and broadly defined ``fish…

Mr. Chair, rise in support of this amendment. The Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Assistance Program is a popular and successful program at USDA to support new and emerging technologies for biobased products. This…

better late than never bipartisanship. We are happy to agree to these amendments en bloc, and I would be proud to support it. I just want to say that some of the rhetoric though coming out and the lack of fact-based--it is not that…

As the only Marylander on the House Ag Committee, I rise to speak about what is at stake in this farm bill for our farmers and also for rural America. The ag sector is personal to me, as I grew up in a farming family in Idaho, a potato…

Mr. Chair, it is now nearly 11 o'clock at night. This is nuts. What the hell is wrong with you people? You guys are bringing this farm bill to the floor 3 years late in the middle of the night. It is prime time in Guam, for God's sake…