Madam Chair, my constituents have faced drought conditions for years. Communities throughout the Central Valley and the entire American West are running out of water for daily use in homes, businesses, and agriculture production. Farmers…

Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Valadao of California moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5118 to the Committee on…

Madam Chair, I rise today with my daughters in strong support of H.R. 5118, the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act. This legislation includes my bill, the Salton Sea Projects Improvements Act, which will take strong action to…

The dispute between the President and the Vice President had grown to the point where the vice president`s chief of staff Marc Short was concerned that the President could, in Mr. Short`s words, 'lash out at the Vice President on January…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his great leadership. Mr. Speaker, each year, more children die from gun violence than any other cause--cancer, auto accidents, or any other cause. Our Nation has watched in…

Madam Chair, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5118, the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act. Our communities have been hit hard by wildfires year after year. During the 2017 wildfire season, 44 people were killed and nearly 5,000…

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to congratulate Katella High School in my district for winning the National Green Ribbon Award. Katella High School is one of 36 high schools nationwide to win this honor. Katella High School has also been…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7283) to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to make certain activities eligible for grants from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, and for other purposes, as…

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Lowenthal) that the House suspend…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5093) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain National Forest System land in the State of Washington to Skamania County, Washington, as amended. The Clerk…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, Representative Cartwright, for introducing this important bipartisan legislation and working to build such an impressive coalition of support. I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 7283, and I…

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Cartwright).

Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests at this time. I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Lowenthal) that the House suspend…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5093, the Wind River Administrative Site Conveyance Act. This bill would authorize the U.S. Forest Service to convey a 23.4-acre portion of the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 7283, the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines Act, or the STREAM Act, introduced by our…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this is a commonsense bill that I believe has bipartisan support involving the construction of chip manufacturing and other computer-related manufacturing rights here in…

Mr. Speaker, clearly, I think there is an agreement that America needs to increase its production of critical minerals for the economy of the 21st century. I think oftentimes there are differences on how we establish a framework and a goal…