This is a really important hearing, and I am grateful that you have put this together.

Over the last several years, and particularly the last few months, we have witnessed foreign actors taking steps to infiltrate America's infrastructure and weaken our national security.

As you know--I think everyone knows this much--much of the land in the Western States is controlled by whom? The Federal Government. In my own home State of Utah, about two-thirds of the land is owned and controlled by the Federal…

I commend the President and the Secretary for their focus in this area and for releasing this comprehensive blueprint.

We must keep families together as we work to avoid illegal border crossings.

Let me just say very quickly here that what Representative Cook has done is taking an important issue and doing it the right way, by collaboration and outreach with local people who live in those areas on what they want to do with the…

I have since spearheaded numerous other legislative initiatives to address shortcomings in the system and to capitalize on opportunities for improvement.

The goal is to help consumers, and the best way to do that is to balance both affordability and innovation.

I believe that those who have criticized the blueprint as insufficient are either responding from a lack of knowledge or purely for political gain.

What else is the FDA going to do to alleviate these shortages, and prevent future shortages from disrupting the practice of medicine?

One of the world's most pressing public health problems is the emergence of bacterial infections that are resistant to antibiotics.

To me, this so-called administration blueprint looks less like a blueprint than it does like blue smoke and mirrors.

When the President said in early 2017 that drug companies were 'getting away with murder,' he offered his diagnosis of the prescription drug cost problem.

An administration that has traumatized thousands of child refugees, dehumanized these kids and their parents, and tried to normalize this behavior through deception, has a lot to answer for.

Again, Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Johnson for this particular bill that is solving a problem that should never have been there in his particular district, for his efforts on it. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to adopt this bill, and I…

The President tweeted that the U.S. should forget about due process rights for immigrants, essentially an endorsement of judging people by the color of their skin.

It is a good bill. I urge its support, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Marshall). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop) that the House suspend the rules and pass…

Today, we are considering an amendment to the Billfish Conservation Act that was passed in 2012. Unfortunately, when it was passed, there was a loophole in the bill. What this bill today does is close that loophole, preserving the original…