Yes, this needs to move forward.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Rouzer), my friend, for yielding. Look, I understand I am in the minority on this legislation in more ways than one. Mr. Speaker, years ago, there was a movie called ``Brewster's…

Mr. Speaker, I just want to quickly make note for the record that Hurricane Katrina was largely the result of the Federal Government's actions, the devastation that was caused, the loss of life. The Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army…

Mr. Speaker, I really can't dispute many of the previous speakers' comments. The bottom line is that the aviation industry, the aviation mode of transportation is the safest mode of transportation. It is the safest way to travel. And the…

I don't understand why the VA would not just grant presumptive condition to K2 veterans.

If it was in your power, Dr. Hastings, to grant presumptive condition to K2 veterans, would you do it?

President Trump should stop playing games with the lives of the American people, and so Operation Warp Speed, which was his operation to get the vaccine created and to figure out a way to distribute it, we should be getting briefed on that…

None of this is based on science. None of this is based upon fact.

For example, if this legislation were implemented years ago, we would have lost $200 billion--that is with a B--$200 billion to the United States Treasury.

Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to submit for the record House Resolution No. 38 that was passed by the Louisiana Legislature, including unanimously passed by the Louisiana Senate, that is in total opposition to the underlying bill…

What would you say to the family members of people in Louisiana that lost loved ones, when your legislation would actually take future investments in the restoration of our coast and the protection of these communities?

But this legislation really doesn't even do that. And I think we all know that.

I don't think it is fair to take shots at state-managed fisheries.

It is really embarrassing to continue to see legislation like this that is so offensive to the people that I represent.

All these people are coming to try to prescribe solutions for us that have no idea what in the world they are talking about.

I will be willing to make a bet or wager with my friend right now that I can produce evidence showing that that is exactly the case in history.

There is this concept out there, there is this belief out there, Mr. Chairman, for many folks on the other side that the target, or the enemy is the energy source.

We have to stop this dream world that some people are operating in.