I suspect the reason you haven't done that is because you don't have the money.

I would rather do it with our wildfire fire bill, but if we could stop the borrowing legislatively, it would force the Forest Service to come to Congress for a supplemental.

The war on coal is real, and unfortunately has had a devastating impact.

I applaud him for being willing to negotiate and saying we are happy to sit down and talk with you.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of my colleague from New Hampshire (Ms. Kuster) and her bill to improve information sharing between providers to ensure that they are able to follow safe prescribing practices. The VA Prescription Data…

I am concerned about the proposal to terminate individual unemployability benefits at age 62 for veterans eligible for social security.

Mr. Speaker, I thank my ranking member, Mr. Walz, for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 2288 the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017. Over the past 5 years, the number of pending appeals at…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleagues who, for the last hour, have talked about an extremely important part of America's social fabric: the Scouting programs of America. I thank them for bringing to Congress and to the American people the…

My interest, part of the interest in working on this Committee is working for more Indian sovereignty and more of their own ability to pursue their interests as they see fit.

The purpose of today's hearing is to perform a status check on the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations.

I hope that you will take upon yourself to clear issues over jurisdiction as it relates to all these six federal agencies.

Which would strengthen tribal sovereignty and self-determination.

Ranking Member Torres Submission: Comments for the Record from the Quinault Indian Nation dated May 23, 2017.

I think that when we look at maximizing this dollar, if you are only looking at the cost of land, and not really looking at the bigger picture of what the tribes really need, it is a short-sighted plan.

Not every tribe has a casino in their backyard, or has a very successful business that is a money-making business for them.

Ranking Member Torres Submission: Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Letter addressed to Chairman LaMalfa and Ranking Member Torres with written testimony dated May 23, 2017.

Ranking Member Torres Submission: Statement of Troy Scott Weston, President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe dated May 23, 2017.

The Cobell Land Buy-Back Program was created to strengthen tribal sovereignty and self-determination.