Madam President, I love my colleague. However, the White House strongly opposes this rider, and we have it in clear writing. They issued that notice. They didn't issue a veto because, as Senator Stabenow points out, they are torn. But…

The Senate is not in order. I can't hear. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order.

Mr. President, Senator Harry Reid and I were both elected to the House in 1982, and over the last 34 years, Harry has become more than a colleague to me. He is like family. I call him the ``brother I never had,'' and he calls me the…

In reclaiming my time, I thank the chairman. I really appreciate those kind remarks.

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this is a very bittersweet moment for me. It is the last time I will speak on this floor after 23 years of serving in the House of Representatives. It is sweet because it is about the…

Mr. President, today I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the life of Police Officer Jose Gilbert Vega, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and uncle who was tragically killed in the line of duty on October 8, 2016. Jose ``Gil''…

Mr. President, today I wish to pay tribute to four servicemembers from California or based in California who have died while serving our country in Operation Freedom's Sentinel and in Operation Inherent Resolve since I last entered names…

Mr. Speaker, I reject the notion that these are poison pills. People in my district and in their homes and my colleagues have been without water, in some cases, for 2 years. This is not like a Third World country. This is the richest…

Mr. Speaker, this is a good bill for Flint, Michigan. It is a good bill for WRDA projects across the country. It is a good bill for California. Everybody knows that we have experienced over 5 years of drought conditions, the driest in…

Mr. Speaker, I first want to start off with a big thank- you to Chairman Bishop for all his hard work these past 4 years--it has been with his leadership and his support that we have been able to get to this point--Chairman Shuster as…

I thank my colleague for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I rise to address my concerns regarding WRDA. My home district of Sacramento is the most at-risk major American city for flooding, and with the damaging effects of our changing…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, there is a reason that every environmental group that is engaged on this and the Obama administration are opposing this language. It is not harmless. It is not perfectly…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McNerney). Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, my region has much of the delta; I would say most of it. I am very concerned about…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. WRDA has always been a bipartisan piece of legislation. I have always voted for WRDA. I voted for this WRDA earlier in this Congress before a 90-page poison pill, California water…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for her superior service on the Rules Committee. Mr. Speaker, across America today, hardworking people and seniors find that their retirement security is under threat and in doubt…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I commend her for her excellent leadership as the ranking Democratic member on the Appropriations Committee. As an appropriator myself, I understand the culture. I understand the…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, if this bill did what the previous speaker just said, I would be here to speak in favor of it. Unfortunately, this legislation is a giant leap in the wrong direction with the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Water Resources Development Act, S. 612. I strongly support the bipartisan work done by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on the Army Corps provisions that create policy and authorize…