I am glad to see that Congresswoman Kay Granger of Texas has also cosponsored the bill.

This legislation recognizes the incredible economic partnership and relationship between the United States and Israel.

I appreciate that and we can talk more about it. I hope you will be available.

I am disappointed by the proposals from both agencies and the Army Corps' budget for the Civil Works program that is cut by $1 billion or 17 percent.

If you think about it, it is. If you think about the fact that it's conducted by intelligence agencies, we know Russian intelligence to be relentless and ruthless, and it all happened, and it contributed toward the defeat of an American…

I don't think that we can sit here and see the amount of destruction that has been done, the defeat of a candidate, the intrusion into 21 State systems.

I've been on this Committee for a long time. I have never seen a time when, with full confidence, every single one of America's intelligence agencies have come together and say they have--they have full confidence that this was…

The United States of America cannot see the critical infrastructure of an American democratic election destroyed by Russia.

I really do not know what it all means. It seems to me the Congress has an ability, too, to add money and that we should.

If this Administration continues to emphasize only ongoing work, how will the Corps be able to address new challenges?

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his extraordinary leadership on the committee, as well as the bipartisan nature of this legislation that Mr. Royce and Mr. Engel are bringing to the floor. I associate…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Santa Ana River Wash Plan Land Exchange Act introduced by my Republican colleague and regional partner, Colonel Paul Cook. The Santa Ana River Wash Plan Land Exchange Act is the final step, as he…

the Park Service was specifically authorized from the top down to move forward with this, and then they actually began a NEPA process, the Ranch Comprehensive Management Plan, to make good on that promise.

Most of the environmental community, actually, was on my side of this, and was critical of the lawsuit.

I realize that there is a narrative in this Committee, in this hearing, which is to criticize environmental litigation.

At these hearings, I have often been reminded of Eric Hoffer's line that every great cause becomes a movement that becomes a business that becomes a racket. And that might be making the environmental attorneys rich, but it is killing our…

Mr. Speaker, I was absent during rollcall votes No. 323, No. 324, No. 325, and No. 326 due to my spouse's health situation in California. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on H.R. 2547--Veterans Expanded Trucking Opportunities…

Mr. Speaker, I was absent during rollcall votes No. 328, No. 329, and No. 330 due to my spouse's health situation in California. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on H. Res. 397--Solemnly reaffirming the commitment of the…