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OGE has a very strong outreach and transparency program, and we will continue that.

I believe that it is very important that the Office of Government Ethics provide solid, firm, independent advice.

To the extent of my authority as Director, if confirmed, I will do so, just as I would with any other agency or department within the Executive branch.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and his work protecting life in this Nation. Mr. Speaker, taxpayers should not have to bear the abortion industry's financial burden directly or indirectly, and yet, every single year, the American people…

I had originally intended to offer an amendment today that would address a significant issue facing my State and others.

This initiative is incredibly important. We have huge challenges in the Great Plains region. Our Tribes are stressed and impoverished more than any other Tribes in the Nation. Many times, those youth struggle with hopelessness, a lack of…

Many States in which agriculture is important are also home to Native Americans Tribes. South Dakota, for example, has nine federally recognized Tribes. Many of these communities are poor. They lack basic services and have high rates of…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 605, strike lines 16 through 21 and insert the following: SEC. 11203. OFFICE OF TRIBAL RELATIONS…

I hope that this Administration is different than the last one when it comes to federalism and the attitude that the Federal Government should be controlling access to water.

I will put a hold on it until I have time to find out all the truth.

It seems to me that a moratorium since 2007-2008 would seem to be inappropriate to me.

To suggest that the Corps would restrict access to an entity up and down the river from getting access, getting a legal right-of-way to get to the water that they are entitled to seems to me to be a terrible overreach of federalism.

I want to thank the chairman as well for all of his help getting this bill done. I rise today in support of the Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act, and I urge my colleagues to vote for it. This morning, I was up at 4 a.m…

What can you do to convince me that, once you are a member of the Federal Reserve, you will advocate in a way different than just the idea that we are going to appoint an advisory committee to make certain we do not have overreach?

It seems to me that there is an attitude among many of our regulators that it would be simpler to regulate a lot fewer financial institutions than the number we have today.

It is our bankers who keep our farmers in business. It is our bankers who keep our ranchers raising cattle and earning a living.

The numbers I have are that 91 percent of single taxpayers and 85½ percent of married couples filing jointly will fall below the deduction's income thresholds, that $157,500 and $315,000.

You would think that every provision in the new tax law is so fundamentally flawed that nobody is going to benefit.