Mr. Speaker, President Trump shielded Sheriff Joe Arpaio from a prison sentence for criminal contempt, despite Sheriff Arpaio's record of illegal racial profiling and abuse directed at immigrant communities. The President's latest salvo in…

So is this our new status quo, that once an industry decides it doesn't like how a regulation turns out, we eliminate that regulation without comment or consideration for the various stakeholders or its value. We are eliminating the…

Mr. President, I rise to speak briefly about the news this week that the President is terminating the Executive action protecting DACA recipients--Dreamers as we know them--but also putting the burden on the shoulders of this body, the…

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: Page 28, line 17, strike ``3'' and insert ``6''. Modification to Amendment No. 13 Offered by…

Mr. Chairman, I ask my colleagues to help us transition the economy in central Appalachian support to the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment, as modified, offered by the…

Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be modified in the form I have placed at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the modification. The Clerk read the modification as follows: Insert at the end the…

Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the consideration of what was two amendments that we just merged into one because they went hand- in-glove. My amendment restores critical funding to three additional Appalachian States, the same number of States…

Mr. Chair, this amendment would prohibit the EPA from spending any funds to ensure that States fulfill their obligations under the Clean Water Act to help clean up the Chesapeake Bay. If passed into law, this amendment would endanger the…

Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to reject the amendment. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the number of amendments that were made in order by the Rules Committee, but I am appalled that the majority chose not to include one of my amendments, No…

Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 51 Offered by Mr. Sanford The Acting…

Mr. Chair, I understand that the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) has the right to close. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte) has the right to close.

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chair, I want to thank the gentlemen from Pennsylvania, Chairman Shuster along with Mr. Thompson, for being cosponsors of this amendment. I urge my colleagues to support it. It is…

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 division A (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the…

Mr. Chairman, today I rise to urge support for my amendment, which would reaffirm and preserve the rights of the States to write their own water quality plans. My amendment simply prohibits the EPA from using its Chesapeake Bay total…

Mr. Chair, how much time is remaining on each side? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte) has 2 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Mr. Chairman, I raise a point of order against the provision beginning with the colon on page 327, line 22, and continuing through the word ``crime'' on page 328, line 2, of the Rules Committee print because it violates clause 2 of House…

I must say to the gentleman, I am very impressed with what you just said about China. I knew it was big; I didn't know it was that big.