Madam Speaker, I am happy to yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), my friend and the House majority leader.

Obviously, we will continue to debate this. Hopefully, we will debate it over H.R. 6858 where we can actually be talking about how we work together to solve the problem. Of course, as the gentleman knows, Congress did come together…

The 800,000 leases--and I know we talked about this before. You can have 800,000 leases, but when you need, then, permits to actually utilize the lease--so you have a lease to go and develop oil, but you need to drill. You need to do…

Madam Speaker, if there is common ground we can find on the components of H.R. 6858, I would be happy to help facilitate that negotiation because there are a number of very specific items in that bill that address the shortfalls, the…

I share those comments by the gentleman from Maryland. As we look towards next week--we have had this conversation a number of times--one of the items I don't see on the agenda is an item to address the problem of high gas prices, and, of…

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for the confession about how many 60th birthdays he has shared. Here is to many more for you, but also for Bres. As the gentleman points out, a fair and free press is vital to democracy. It is the First…

Madam Speaker, I have another colleague or two on the way. How much time is remaining on the clock in this Special Order? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 21 minutes remaining.

Madam Speaker, I thank my friend. That is so well said. Just get out of the way. Let the American people do it. Madam Speaker, I yield next to another great gentleman from the State of Pennsylvania (Mr. Meuser).

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the subject of my Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…

Madam Speaker, Democrats have enjoyed unilateral control of Washington for the last 17 months, and we all know the results: record inflation, soaring gas prices, unhinged crime in our cities, and uninhibited illegal immigration. In the…

Thank you for that expertise. You sound like a former Secretary of Revenue or something from the State of Pennsylvania. As you pointed out, my friend, you don't have to be an economist to figure this out. Every freshman economics student…

Madam Speaker, that was so well said. Dr. Babin, that woke socialist policy has brought some real pain to the American people. I think they have had enough.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of the Honorable Graydon K. Kitchens, Jr., a giant of a man and my former law partner and mentor. Judges Kitchens' list of accomplishments is limitless. I could stand at this lectern for an…

Thank you, my friend. That border crisis continues to grow by the hour. Right now as we speak, there is the largest caravan we think that has ever been spotted currently headed to our southern border. It was incentivized, of course, by the…

And you have got to know when to fold. Madam Speaker, Tennessee is going so well, I may as well yield to another good friend, another gentleman from the State of Tennessee (Mr. Rose), one that is even more reputable than the last speaker.

Madam Speaker, my friend is correct. That energy crisis haunts every American. We see no end in sight because the White House will not reverse its policies. Madam Speaker, I yield next to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bilirakis).

Madam Speaker, my friend said it well. He is right, time is of the essence. Every day that we belabor and continue these radical leftist policies, the American people feel more and more pain. Madam Speaker, I yield next to my good friend…

Madam Speaker, my friend from Georgia made a great summary of the crisis that we are in. I thank him for bringing that. Madam Speaker, I yield next to the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Harshbarger), my dear friend, and the third speaker…