I certainly appreciate the overview of the ranking member in his initial remarks today. I would note that the bills before us today, these 12 bills, are all coming to the floor from the Natural Resources Committee. They are critical bills…

I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Case) that the House suspend the rules and pass the…

I certainly endorse and agree with my colleague's comments on Mr. Lujan's service in the House. The House's loss is the Senate's gain. And I would also note that I personally enjoyed Mr. Lujan's personal testimony from an acequia before…

I express my appreciation to new colleague, Mr. Palazzo, for his support of this critical bill. Those of us that live in the oceans and on the coasts completely understand the value of NOAA, again, as a matter of life and death in many…

I deeply appreciate the support of my friend and colleague from Alaska, the dean of the House, on this bipartisan, bicameral measure. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

I certainly do appreciate my colleague's very emotional description of the rich history of Battle Creek and his commitment to its preservation. I join him in that. Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I reserve the balance of my…

I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Case) that the House suspend the rules and pass the…

I certainly do deeply appreciate the comments of my colleague from Puerto Rico, and she knows, as well as I do, as members of the Island Caucus--and we include in the Island Caucus the largest island of all, Alaska, Mr. Young's island--the…

I urge my colleagues to support this valuable legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Case) that the House suspend the rules and…

I am very happy to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Haaland), chair of the subcommittee of jurisdiction, National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, my friend and colleague.

I urge my colleagues to support this invaluable legislation for our oceans and all of us, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I think there is big bipartisan support.

Chairwoman Waters and I worked on a set-aside to make sure there was money available for underserved areas.

She understands the role of government to actually help people and help families as supposed to one of her predecessors, Mulvaney, whose goal in life was cut back on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid.

But I hope they're not going to just start off by being obstructionists and being really, in my view, sour grapes.

Oh, I only hope that it's the end stage. And as he continues to flail around and file more lawsuits, every single one of which except for one minor, he calls it a victory. He's going to keep ongoing, but 51 days, Joy.

I rise today to introduce the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act. This legislation would formally establish the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative--or SVI-- within the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, DOJ…

today, I rise to pay tribute to MAJ Catherine ``Catie'' Shutters Sundin and her service as an officer in the U.S. Army. I am especially grateful for her support to my office as an Army congressional fellow from January to December 2017…