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Mr. Speaker, there are a lot of different bills the gentleman mentioned. Each one of them, by the way, when you rack them up, adds up to trillions of dollars in new spending. If trillions in Washington spending were going to solve the…

Hopefully, we can start seeing actual language next week so we can either get to a place where we are in agreement or try to resolve those areas of disagreement. As the gentleman was talking about the calendar and other items that may be…

Obviously, we will be staying in touch on that. Hopefully, Ms. Lofgren will have some conversations with Ms. Granger about details because we haven't seen those yet. We surely would like to be more involved in those discussions.

As it relates to the continuing resolution that I know the gentleman said may come up, we haven't had any details that have been shown to us on what that might look like in terms of other items in addition to some kind of short-term or…

Mr. Speaker, I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for next week. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), who is my friend and the majority leader of the House.

Mr. Speaker, today, I am honored to remember a groundbreaking public servant, personal mentor, and inspiring New Orleanian, the Honorable Moon Landrieu, mayor of the city of New Orleans. A son, father, husband, grandfather, brother, and…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5774 is designed to do two primary things. Number one, it is to prevent the Federal Government from revictimizing disaster victims. Number two, it is designed to…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1468, as the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia indicated, helps to restore the SEC's leasing authority back to the confines of the General Services…

Every energy project in Louisiana has got to set aside a large percentage of its projected budget to defend against lawsuits.

It is the safest means by which to transport energy product. It is safer than rail. It is safer than vehicle. It is safer than by water.

We are talking about misrepresenting the truth to the American people.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. In closing, H.R. 1468 will better protect taxpayer money by ensuring the SEC works with the General Services Administration on leasing to improve oversight, reduce costs, and minimize…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5315 is bipartisan legislation that addresses problems we have seen in the United States. Mr. Speaker, we had a bridge collapse in Minnesota; we had a bridge…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 884, the National Aviation Preparedness Plan Act, responds to a 2015 Government Accountability Office recommendation and looks to establish clear roles and…

Data doesn't lie, and the facts show that this Administration's energy policies are pushing people into poverty, are pushing jobs overseas, and are making energy unaffordable.

It is not all huge companies, you understand? You could put a small hole in the ground, it could be a $10, $12 million project.

The Democrat Party is a party of attorneys, and the Republican Party is a party of businessmen.

Everything you use, everything you are wearing, your clothes, your shoes, your glasses, your phone, your iPad, the vehicle you got here in, the plane you flew here on, all of that requires petrochemical products and energy that is drawn…