The emerging instability in Europe and Eurasia has made clear the need for a strong U.S. policy for the Caucasus.

Our policy towards the region must look to fill that leadership void and help the Caucasian nations achieve lasting peace by building strong democracies, societies, and economies.

The United States must remain engaged to support the democratic development of Georgia during this tenuous period.

They deserve to live in peace. They deserve freedom and security, and that means ensuring that a peace deal does not lead to ethnic cleansing for the Armenian people of Nagorno-Karabakh.

It is an honor and a privilege to deliver this maiden speech from the well of the House Chamber. First, I acknowledge the late Congresswoman Jackie Walorski. Jackie delivered results for the district, and she had the utmost respect for her…

I am honored to partner with Senator Heinrich sponsoring Senate Bill 3571, the Good Samaritan Remediation of Hardrock Mines Act.

Every economist worth their salt has concluded that this legislation would do the exact opposite. It will make inflation worse.

We owe it to our western communities and to all Americans who hold dear our vast public lands to empower and encourage them to do what is allowed under this bill.

The Department of Energy should be laser-focused on lowering the price of energy for the American people.

We wrote a Roadless Rule that survived the test in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, believe it or not, and is the law today applicable in Idaho.

So is the taxpayer-funded renewable subsidies the best way to lower global emissions or would money be better spent more effectively elsewhere?

It does force taxpayers to pony up hundreds of billions of dollars for Green New Deal slush funds that will ultimately do little to nothing to lower global emissions.

It is rare to have industry, conservation, and recreation groups rally around a singular, uniting issue the way they have with this legislation.

First of all, let there be no mistake about this. We really appreciate what you are doing.

Half of its sovereign assets, as you mentioned, Ranking Member Risch, they are blocked outside Russia.

On February 24, of course, Russia initiated its premeditated, brutal, and illegal invasion of Ukraine.

We should be working to confiscate those funds and use Russia's own money to finance the reconstruction of Ukraine.

We are mitigating the effect of the war on the Global South.