Today, we are, again, conducting oversight of yet another disastrous policy by the Biden Administration that will only exacerbate the crisis along the Southern border.

What I think people are irritated with... is we have three co-equal branches of government to do that.

With a dramatically-changing climate and growing aggression from other nations, the Arctic has never been more central to America's national security.

Ten years ago, on the Endangered Species Act 40th anniversary, he warned of the dangers of partisan bickering and political agendas in undermining the survival of the ESA.

So, if I understand you correctly, we know that over 99 percent of species under the ESA have not gone extinct.

We need to update the Endangered Species Act to account for climate risks.

Unfortunately, the Coast Guard's icebreaking capabilities are outmatched by our enemies, and rising threats from China and Russia pose a serious risk to American prosperity and security.

We have got to stop letting the agencies run with these. We have to follow the law.

If we agree that Russia and their proxies are bad choices, I do not believe that we should allow it to be their only choice.

In fact, as all of you know here, he was the lead author of the Endangered Species Act that was enacted 50 years ago.

I would remind anybody here, or listening abroad that this is a hearing on the Russian Federation and its proxies.

That is our job, and that is what we are doing. CMS' own estimates show that Medicaid and CHIP state expenditures would increase by $40 million.

I am curious on how we are going to pay for this. Last I checked, we have a major deficit in this country, and I have yet to hear any explanation of how we are paying with this.

Instead, they are proposing a rule with dubious legal basis to provide taxpayer-funded Federal health benefits to individuals who have entered this country illegally.

Even President Obama understood this much when his Administration determined in 2012 that DACA recipients should not be eligible for Medicaid.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 1638. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 583, the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Michigan will be postponed. The Chair understands that amendment No. 29 will not be…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I certainly appreciate Senator Hagerty's concerns. The freedom of speech, freedom of association, and freedom of the press are all very foundations of our Nation. But I am also concerned about…