Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. I rise in support of this amendment. My colleague across the aisle just asked the rhetorical question: Why is this amendment needed? It is needed because fishing jobs matter. The…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, we are debating today what is being called an infrastructure bill. I wish that were actually the case. Our country certainly needs Congress to take action to address…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself as much time as I may consume. I was in the California Legislature for at least one of the those environmental waiver bills that the majority leader referenced involving an NFL stadium, and I am glad to hear…

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 233, noes 180, not voting 18, as follows: [Roll No…

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, the State of California is being mentioned quite a bit in this conversation. It bears noting that the State of California is not asking for this legislation; and, in fact…

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Fresno, California (Mr. Costa).

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I thank my colleague from Orange County for those comments. I have been to Orange County and I have seen the cutting-edge water management work taking place in Mr. Rohrabacher's…

You will be doing less with less if you attempt to drill for oil off the coast of California.

The people of California are simply not going to allow it to happen.

We do not want new leasing off our coastline in California.

We are looking forward to the development of offshore renewable energy.

It's not amusing at all. I think somebody -- I hope one of the president's friends or advisers needs to underscore with the president, this is not designed to be entertainment for the country. He can't be a reality talk show host anymore.

Well, my reaction is, if he didn't record these conversations, if they don't exist, why did he suggest that they did? What was to be gained by that? Was this an effort to intimidate James Comey? Was it an effort to discourage other people…

Absolutely they raise more questions than what they answer. If the tapes don't exist, why did he raise the prospect, why was he so long in denying their existence, what was intended by this, how is this in the national interest, or is this…

We need to find out what changed, or what the difference was, because it was a clear, unequivocal response to a question I asked him.

I would love to see 100 percent.

We will never build a high-speed train in America unless the High-Speed Rail Authority in California simply says, 'It will be American-made.'

The Buy America provisions are extraordinarily important for the continuation of support for this project.