Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Matsui).

Mr. Chairman, I actually have no problem with my colleague's attempt to make a clarification to this bill. That clarification is needed, I am sure, but it is important to realize that the reason it is needed is because we haven't gone…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, so much for regular order. The bill before us today has not received a hearing in committee where witnesses could have testified about its effects. It has not gone…

Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chairman, indeed, the water battles in California have been very difficult for many, many years, but what I hear from the other side of the aisle is a whole lot of ``no.'' What…

Mr. Chairman, just to clarify, our environmental laws are not preventing new dams from being built. In fact, the Bureau of Reclamation, the GAO, and the Congressional Research Service have looked at this and haven't been able to identify a…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. We often hear about water that flows through the estuary of California's Bay-Delta system, we hear that sometimes described as wasted. There are some inconvenient facts that we have…

Mr. Chair, I certainly appreciate that my colleagues are trying to help mitigate a small amount of the harm caused by this bill, but, unfortunately, the underlying bill remains a disaster for Indian Country. Title 5 of this bill is a…

Mr. Speaker, I was absent during rollcall votes No. 350, No. 351, and No. 352 due to my spouse's health situation in California. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on the DeSaulnier Amendment. I would have also voted ``yea'' on…

Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 347. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize my friend, Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America, and to thank him for delivering the opening prayer on the House floor today. Archbishop…

Mr. Speaker, I was absent during rollcall votes No. 347, No. 348, and No. 349 due to my spouse's health situation in California. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on the Motion on Ordering the Previous Question on the Rule…

The purpose of today's hearing is to discuss how to resolve Carcieri v. Salazar, and how to address issues concerning Federal fee-to-trust policy.

This is a very important issue. And of course, we had to go through quite a bit in order to make sure that the work that had been done at DOL could be realized following an Executive Order that was put forth by this resident that delayed…

As a result, there are many loopholes or gaps in the law that allowed--that were that allowed individuals to avoid fiduciary status and provide conflicted investment advice that cost our Nation's workers and retirees $17 billion each year.

this is a relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes.

Trust land is critical for tribes to exercise their unique powers of self-government, making resolution of Carcieri critical.

A strong patent system is one that has robust mechanisms in place to weed out bad patents and to deter abusive patent litigation.

Mr. Chairman, the first slide that I wanted to present here is one that I think is very important when we talk about water going out into the ocean. The first bar there, the dark blue one, is how much water was flowing through the estuary…