This is a commonsense, good amendment that the leader has offered. I urge its adoption, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Westerman). The…

I really don't understand this debate, talking about the PACT Act, my friend from Massachusetts. That has passed the House. Let the Senate do its work. We supported it here. Let's be serious here. I voted for the bill. The Senate is…

Listening to the other side, and listening to my friend from Pennsylvania, I hear a lot about uncertainty; that we are not sure what we are here for; we are not sure what we are going to bring up on the House floor. Well, I will tell you…

I want to reiterate this point. This is the responsibility of Congress if we are going to set environment and energy regulatory policy. It is not the purpose of our independent regulatory commissions. Aren't we clear now that the Supreme…

Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Capito, for your leadership in that this area. As has been said and should be said many times more, we appreciate the great work of our staffs in getting this done…

I have had the opportunity to visit Skamania County. It is a beautiful place, and I know that the people there will be great stewards of this land. It will be good for Skamania County, for Washington, and for the United States, and I urge…

I have no other speakers. I urge adoption of the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Well, it was obviously a double cross by Joe Manchin. You know, just two weeks ago, we’ve said he wasn’t going to support a bill like this.

I just want to point out that it has been argued that we have got a hodgepodge of laws across the State, or across the country, and that is what makes America great is that we can have different laws that are tailored to different regions…

Recently, we have talked a lot about the dire situation of some of California's most iconic trees, the sequoias. But we have yet to discuss the condition of California's oldest trees, the Great Basin bristlecone pine trees. Great Basin…

3,000 years; that is how long some giant sequoias have been alive. To put this into perspective, these trees started growing before the concept of democracy, the English language, and the birth of Christ. The Mariposa Grove, the largest…

Today, one in five Americans are affected by dyslexia, making it the most common learning disability. Yet, there are still children in U.S. school systems that go without being diagnosed. Instead, they are written off as having a lack of…

I thank my friend from Kentucky for his strong words. While Mr. Donalds is coming forward, I got a note from Ron in Little Rock. He is a 100 percent disabled veteran. He is not eating well. He is not able to go places because of the cost…

I appreciate my 5 minutes for 1 hour under the House rules, which I don't believe is very helpful to my colleagues. So let me begin that we are here to talk about inflation and the impact of inflation on our constituents. I will start out…

I rise, as well, in support of H.R. 4227, the Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act, or DEAL Act. I commend my colleague from Indiana (Mr. Hollingsworth) and my colleagues from across the aisle for collaborating on H.R. 4227…

Let me thank my friend from Massachusetts for his passion on this. I spent the better part of half of my career in community banking, and I know the consolidation, how it has impacted, particularly, rural counties that no longer have a…

Since the Dodd-Frank Act was enacted, the number of community financial institutions has steadily declined. Republicans know this trend is due to increased regulatory and compliance burdens banks and credit unions face that inhibit their…

I want to commend my friend from New York (Mr. Torres) who has brought his exceptional service to the people of the Bronx to the people's House. He does what all Members do here which is take a great idea at a time of tragedy when he…