Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson), chairman of the Agriculture Subcommittee.

Mr. Chairman, this evening, 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…

Mr. Chairman, I would just say that I recognize the concerns that the opponents to this amendment have; but what we are trying to do is to take some money, direct it for an environmental purpose, but also help take the reclaimed mine…

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

Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. Goodlatte: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Clarifying…

Mr. Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time. I am going to repeat what I said earlier. My amendment does not remove the TMDL or the watershed implementation plans. It only removes the retaliatory actions threatened by the EPA. Those…

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall 415, I was unavoidably detained due to a security lockdown that prevented me from leaving a meeting to vote on the floor. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. My amendment provides a modest increase in grant funding to Appalachian States for the reclamation of abandoned mine lands in conjunction with economic and community development and…

Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 28, line 3, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased by $15,000,000)''. Page 28, line 16, after…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of the bill (S. 2840) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize COPS grantees to use grant…

Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 414, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The amendment was agreed to. The CHAIR…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the immediate consideration in the House of the bill (H.R. 3394) to amend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to allow for the use of certain assets of foreign persons and entities to satisfy…

We can spend the few days that remain on conspiracy theories and political sniping or we can attempt to solve even one of the long list of problems facing this country today.

The criminal investigation is closed. There was no intentional wrongdoing.

There is absolutely no evidence of any criminal activity.

This is really a spectacle, as we get ready in Congress to leave for 7 weeks of vacation.

Your refusal to answer questions regarding one of the most important investigations... is an abdication of your responsibility.

The time of the gentleman has been expired, but the witness will be requested to answer the question.