Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Jackson for yielding. I am so happy to be joining him and Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick for this Congressional Black Caucus Special Order hour. Indeed, it is a special honor to talk about our children…

Mr. Speaker, I urge this body to take up H. Res. 461 and pass it as quickly as possible. Every year in this country the Federal Government, perhaps inappropriately, spends billions of dollars on elementary and secondary education. These…

So, the American public that has been told this hoax for years, it was just that, a hoax.

Mr. Painter pointed out that money corrupts politics.

I'm just not a climate change alarmist because climate has always changed.

Mr. Speaker, my flight arriving in D.C. was delayed so I was unable to participate in roll call number 273. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 273. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

I certainly want disclosure as well, but I think it should be toward candidates and certainly when it comes to scientific research.

The progressive groups... utilize their financial wherewithal to impact government to get government to spend its money on their causes.

This is a fool's errand we're on and we're destroying our ability to have the resources to adapt to the climate change that's going to happen whether we do anything or not.

According to testimony in this committee, we spent over $6 trillion combating climate change, probably haven't made a dent in it.

I think we've seen certainly with the pandemic the fact that big pharma funds these studies.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Once again, I will say that by forcing the courts to apply the de novo review, this standard would reclaim the court's constitutional role as the branch that interprets the laws and…

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous material on H.R. 288. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. The other thing I will relay is that SOPRA does not turn judges into legislators. SOPRA helps to restore the court's constitutional role as the branch that construes the law…

Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 495, I call up the bill (H.R. 288) to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions, and ask for its…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 288, Separation of Powers Restoration Act or SOPRA. The Constitution separates the powers of the Federal Government into a system of…

Madam Speaker, I include in the Record a cost estimate for H.R. 288, prepared by the Congressional Budget Office. H.R. 288, SEPARATION OF POWERS RESTORATION ACT OF 2023, AS ORDERED REPORTED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ON MAY…

Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock). Mr. McCLINTOCK. Madam Speaker, the central architecture of the Constitution is the separation of powers. It is really just mother's rules, writ large. One…