Mr. Chairman, the ranking member was talking earlier about this extraordinary backlog of projects that we have within the United States Army Corps of Engineers to carry out important projects like flood protection, hurricane protection…

Mr. Chairman, I want to thank Chairman Shuster, Ranking Member DeFazio, and so many of the other Members who worked on this bill. I think it is important that we get the Water Resources Development Act back on a 2-year cycle. We got off to…

Mr. Chairman, I would just like to follow up on the chairman of the committee's comments. The 2007 cite that Chairman Shuster referenced goes back to actually a WRDA 1999 provision. I believe it is section 212 of WRDA 1999 that actually…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title I, add the following: SEC. __. NON-FEDERAL INTEREST SELECTION. (a) In…

Mr. Chairman, beginning around August 11, we had a 1,000-year flood event. This flood event was approximately 7 trillion gallons of water. It dropped 31 inches of rain in some of the peak areas that is the national average annual rainfall…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title I, add the following: SEC. ___. FLOOD MITIGATION AND RIVERINE RESTORATION…

Mr. Chairman, what this amendment does is it simply puts a cap on the amount of time that the United States Army Corps of Engineers can consider permission under section 408. This process has to do with alteration, any changes, or impacts…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Smith) for yielding time to me. Mr. Speaker since ObamaCare passed, we have seen nothing but major problems: higher costs, higher premium costs, higher out-of-pocket costs, network…

Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016. I want to thank Chairman Shuster for bringing this bill to the floor. The bill will authorize critically important projects for my home State of…

Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, though I am not opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

Mr. Chairman, I come to the floor today because it does seem that this amendment and the others that are being offered underscore a problem that I didn't think we were going to have with the reauthorization of the Water Resources…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of H.R. 5065, the Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act. Mr. Speaker, it is important that those caring for young children are allowed to bring formula…

In my community and communities of color and with elected officials, there seems to be two standards: one for low-level elected officials and then one for other people.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5391, the Gains in Global Nuclear Detection Architecture Act. My bipartisan bill was approved unanimously by the Committee on Homeland Security…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, let me just say that this legislation was unanimously supported during full committee consideration. This is one of those areas where Congress, both sides of the aisle…

Mr. Speaker, I have no other speakers, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, my bill, H.R. 5391, would help verify that DHS carefully prioritizes research and development projects to actually close identified…

if you are going to start cleaning up, start cleaning up at home.

So in summary, the old policy and the new policy, it is your opinion both were consistent with Federal law?