I must, however, raise a few concerns with the proposals before us today, which I fear lack the necessary consensus that is critical for measures of this scope.

Mr. President, I have been a Member of this body for several months now, and I would like to offer a few observations about the experience. I had been told that I might not like it here. Having previously been a Governor, some friends…

I am not opposed to mineral withdrawals when appropriate and, in fact, have sponsored two pieces of legislation withdrawing a total of over 2 million acres of Federal land from extraction.

I will note that both of these bills are Democrat-sponsored, and that there is no Republican bill being considered at the hearing today.

The bill specifically says that the prohibition of leasing and development applies only to Federal lands, not tribal lands.

Am I correct in assuming that you and your peers are opposed to this bill, not because you don't care about Chaco culture or the land that your family has been on for decades, but because of your rights as a private landowner?

However, the most concerning part of this hearing is that the Arizona bill, H.R. 1373, continues the Committee's troubling trend of taking up legislation introduced in another Member's district without consultation or support from that…

Mr. Speaker, here we are, yet again, to extend block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Act through September 30, 2019, this time in the form of H.R. 2940. I support that initiative. However, with the reform of…

Mr. President, it is my honor today to pay tribute to five native Utahns who are brothers and veterans of World War II and Korea: William, Gail, George, Jack, and Bert Alexander. These five brothers answered the call to defend our freedom…

Madam Speaker, this is a first step toward meeting our trust obligations to the sovereign first peoples of this country. I thank the chairman for yielding.

Madam Speaker, I thank the chairman for his leadership and for moving this bipartisan legislation forward. This is really a necessary step to ensuring that more Americans can save for retirement. I also commend the chairman for his swift…

Mr. Chairman, I thank Chairwoman Waters so much for yielding to me, and I want to than Chairwoman Waters and my former colleagues on the House Financial Services Committee for getting this important legislation, the Consumers First Act, to…

But again and again and again, I hear my Democratic colleagues talk about how bad and how the system is failing Americans, which is a dramatic admission on their part, I think, because it is an admission that Obamacare failed.

Madam Speaker, I am so honored to join my colleagues in commemorating the 100th anniversary of House passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote everywhere in our country. My State…

This is, of course, a picture of former President Ronald Reagan naturally firing a machine gun while riding on the back of a dinosaur.

Madam Speaker, I am so happy that H.R. 2480 includes several noteworthy improvements to the CAPTA Act. One is a bill that I introduced last Congress called Family Poverty is Not Child Neglect Act. It recognizes that 75 percent of child…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman and others who have worked on this. Mr. Speaker, I am so disappointed in this legislation. I have been involved, in my time in Congress, with leaders from various LGBTQ and other organizations representing…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak about the Equality Act. First and foremost, I must begin by saying that I believe the LGBTQ community is a critical part of the fabric of our country. They are deserving of our unequivocal love and…