So thank you to my colleague. I think what you are confirming is that never in American history have we conducted such a debate and voted during an election. You have a different precedent argument but not a precedent that shows that…

Thank you very much. To my colleague from Wyoming, would you yield for a question?

Mr. President, I thank my colleague from Georgia for yielding to a question. It was not that long ago that we actually had conversations and debate on the floor of the Senate, and now when we are even in debate on bills, we don't have…

Madam President, what is at stake with our climate and the environment? Our planet. Our planet is on fire, literally. Historic wildfires are leaving our forests and rural communities in ashes. Oceans are growing hotter and more acidic…

It does not give me pleasure to be here today to say what I am about to say. I am really frustrated. The Energy and Commerce Committee, which I am the ranking member and former chairman of, we worked most of this year on legislation to ban…

I thank my colleague for yielding. I also thank Chairman DeFazio for his ongoing efforts to help us bring this important bill to the floor today. As the co-chair of the House Oceans Caucus, I rise in strong support of Save Our Seas 2.0, a…

I thank my colleagues for bringing this legislation forward, and especially Chairman Grijalva and Ranking Member Bishop. I also thank Oregon senators, Merkley and Wyden, for their efforts on this, too. Irrigators in the Klamath Basin…

Mr. President, this bill is, on its surface, a privacy bill. It appears to have been introduced 2 days ago, and the sponsor has arrived on the floor of the Senate and says that this bill ought to be passed immediately and without debate…

I appreciate the gentleman's courtesy in permitting me to speak on this. I commend our leadership, the Speaker, for again putting forward legislation to support working families, local government, and healthcare as we deal with the…

Independent restaurants are the true and quintessential embodiment of small businesses. What this legislation is geared for is the small, independent restaurants. That assistance is more important now than ever. It is sad that we have not…

I encourage my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no further speakers on this matter. I would encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support the PHONE Act, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank the majority leader for his comments in support and authorship of this legislation. Our son battled childhood asthma. It is a really scary thing as a parent to watch a child deal with an asthma attack. Madam Speaker, I yield such…

I hope my colleagues will join me and the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee in supporting passage of this legislation and our efforts to ensure that our electric grid and our power supply sources are safe and secure. Mr…

I have no additional speakers on my side of the aisle, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I would just conclude by thanking the gentlewoman from Florida for sharing her story. I know it has been a rugged journey that she has endured on, but this legislation will save lives. It is so important that we do this work today. I had a…

I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have a statement from Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey that I will include in the Record in support of this legislation. Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bilirakis), who is one of…