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Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time for closing. I encourage my colleagues to support S. 450. I thank my friend, Mr. Davis of Parkdale, Arkansas, for his testimony. Parkdale is a great city in our southeast corner of…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of S. 450, a bill that will award, long overdue, the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley. It is a pleasure to be…
Madam Speaker, it is with profound sorrow and endless appreciation I rise today to honor the life of Detective Paul Newell of the Benton County Sheriff's Office in Arkansas. He was one of Arkansas' finest law enforcement officers, a man…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, the Don Young Recognition Act honors the legacy of the late dean of the House, who passed away in March of this year after serving the people of Alaska in Congress…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in qualified support of S. 3168. I agree with the goals of this bill, which are to build a water storage project and provide a Tribe a mechanism to develop its…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise again in qualified support of the Colorado River Indian Tribes Water Resiliency Act. This bill would authorize the Colorado River Indian Tribes, or CRIT, to enter…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, S. 3773 would amend current law to authorize the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation to lease their land held in trust for a term of up to 99 years. Since…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, S. 5087 would extend by an additional 18 months the sunset of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice's Joint Commission on Reducing Violent…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I, again, rise in qualified support of the Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act. This bill would settle the Hualapai Tribe's last water rights claims in Arizona …
Mr. President, I would like to take a few moments to recognize Lt. Col. Jeffrey ``Slander'' Entine, who has worked in my Senate office for the past year as a defense fellow. Lieutenant Colonel Entine is a patriot who has served our country…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I want to be as crystal clear as I can. I think this is not only my position, but I believe it is the position of everyone in the minority--the whole Republican…
Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate Koontz Electric signing day for students committing to the Koontz Promise. The Koontz Promise provides Arkansas River Valley High School students with an immediate career following graduation from a…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, introduced in July 2022, H.R. 8393, the Puerto Rico Status Act, would authorize a federally sponsored plebiscite to occur on November 5, 2023, and it would dictate to…
Madam Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Arkansas has 12 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Arizona has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining.
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. If there is one thing that I think has come out in this discussion is that there are problems with this bill. It is not a ``perfect piece of legislation.'' It needs work done on it…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Our neighbors in Puerto Rico are American citizens. They are afforded the protections under the Constitution of the United States. I am from Arkansas. Arkansas was a territory at…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I thank the distinguished gentleman, the leader of the Democratic Party, for his remarks. I agree with many things that he said. I think all of us would agree with many of the…
Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the opioid crisis impacting all Americans. Opioids, such as illicit fentanyl, are flooding across our open borders and sweeping across our Nation and into every town and city. In fiscal year 2022…