Today, as the Ranking Member noted, some of us are celebrating 50 years of the Endangered Species Act. Others are trying to gut it.

The Endangered Species Act is supported by over 90 percent of the American people.

The signal that the FAS would receive from this change is that the U.S. is seeking to downgrade the importance of the U.S. relationship with the FAS.

We have drafted the Extinction Prevention Act to provide funding for some of those underfunded, most imperiled species.

We are now facing unprecedented rates of global warming, habitat destruction, and degradation, and our world is at the risk of losing 1 million species.

The current proposal is incomplete and not ready for introduction on the house floor.

Nearly 50 years ago, President Nixon signed what has become one of the world's most successful conservation laws--the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Moving the National Defense Authorization Act forward has almost always been a bipartisan effort. This very bill, as originally drafted, passed out of committee with near unanimous votes from both Democrats and Republicans, 59-1. That is…

I think that it is interesting when we talk about protecting wildlife. How about protecting the homeland? How about protecting our military by allowing them to be ready and prepared? How about protecting the development of new military…

To oppose this amendment is an example of hate, bigotry, and ignorance. This is a longstanding issue, and you stand there and have the audacity to say there is zero evidence. Explain then why officials have to report that on the Goldwater…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of subtitle A of title XVIII insert the following new section: SEC. ___. EXCLUSIONS AND…

when Congress passed the Chips and Science Act last summer, we made a promise to America that these historic investments would be felt in communities across the country--more microchip manufacturing facilities, more high-paying jobs that…

I introduced H.R. 3477 at the request of the U.S. Air Force, along with my good friend from Arizona, Mr. Gallego.

the problem is he said Mr. Mansfield correctly answered that if you fail an audit, you are not going to get more money from the bank.

And that is why I, with Senator Braun, introduced the RELIEVE Act to expand the eligibility for veterans to access emergency care from a provider outside the VA.

I find this very disrespectful, very disrespectful.

Something is wrong with this equation, big time.

I quote the Honorable John J. Duncan, Chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee at the time that NPATMA was drafted.