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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· Jul 26, 2017

Mr. Chair, I rise to support the gentlewoman from Utah's amendment. I think that it is very appropriate, and, unfortunately, we find ourselves in a time where this is needed. But we have the awesome responsibility, and we have to remind…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-26
John Kennedy
@johnkennedy· Republican · LA· Jul 25, 2017

One of the challenges that we face again that we talked about yesterday is that while those wholesale rates are low, those retail rates aren't.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Jul 25, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. I recognize my friend, Representative Jodey Arrington, as exactly the type of American that our Founding Fathers envisioned serving within the House of we the people. Mr. Speaker…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-25
John Kennedy
@johnkennedy· Republican · LA· Jul 25, 2017

I am going to echo some of the comments of my colleagues I think, first and foremost, to say this is really a complex area of a critically important market.

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John Kennedy
@johnkennedy· Republican · LA· Jul 25, 2017

What is the best way and do you have any suggestions to ensure that there is some sort of, whether it is a public advocate or some way to make sure that the public has a way, a seat at the table and some method to push back on a system…

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Jul 25, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that I may hereafter be considered to be the first sponsor of H.R. 391, a bill originally introduced by Representative Chaffetz of Utah, for the purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-25
Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Jul 20, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of passage of H.R. 2825, the Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2017, of which I am honored to be an original cosponsor. The threats facing American families are real and rapidly…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-20
Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Jul 19, 2017

Mark's congressional and private experience make him eminently qualified for this position.

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Jul 18, 2017

The West Shore Project in Louisiana was in a study phase for 42 years before the report being finished last year.

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Jul 18, 2017

I signed a letter together with Congressman DeFazio asking the President to dedicate the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Jul 18, 2017

Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 382. (By unanimous consent, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York was allowed to speak out of order.) Moment of Silence Honoring…

Congressional Record · 2017-07-18
Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Jul 18, 2017

The mission you have is absolutely critical to this Nation, whether it is facilitating maritime commerce from global trade...

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Jul 18, 2017

You can never explain, justify those types of schedules to any taxpayer and we shouldn't ever have to.

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Jul 18, 2017

I blame some of your predecessors for the land loss in Louisiana, and I am just asking you to be part of the solution.

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Jul 18, 2017

5 years is just an unacceptable timeline you are having that kind of money in the bank.

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Jul 18, 2017

I don't understand how the Corps can go enforce laws and say to the American taxpayer, you have to comply with this law, yet the Corps itself is ignoring many laws that we write here on this committee.

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