I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the WIIN Act includes two provisions very important to constituents of mine in North Dakota that involve Bureau of Land Management properties; and because of the House rules, I was unable to…

I rise today to honor my friend from the Department of Homeland Security--U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Richard Gil Kerlikowske, who is retiring in January 2017. I have known Gil since his days as Director of the Office…

today I wish to honor my dear friend and colleague from New Hampshire, Senator Kelly Ayotte, who is departing from the Senate at the end of this year. Over the last 4 years, I have been consistently impressed with Kelly's pragmatic…

today I wish to honor my friend, colleague, and mentor from Maryland, Senator Barbara Mikulski, who is retiring at the end of this year. Barbara has an impressively long and distinguished career in public service, representing her home…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Dakota Access Pipeline

I rise again to speak about the Dakota Access Pipeline issue in North Dakota. Again, I want to emphasize that we need to focus on the facts and understand what is really going on there. On Saturday, the Obama administration announced its…

No, Mr. Chairman. I am getting a strong sense of what it is like to be in the minority, however.

We will continue to advance the cause of Native children and advance the cause of Native people.

We need to make sure that the resources are available to support this important initiative.

I feel somewhat obligated to say something nice about Jon Tester, but it is getting harder every day.

Our proposed amendment would have utilized existing apprenticeship programs to urge labor unions and contractors to actively recruit and train African American men.

It is not just for economic benefit, not just for job creation, but to heal our land, for the benefit not just of our country but of this institution that needs help healing as well.

David and I, ever since we have been working on policy together, we have been talking to companies and labor unions and trade organizations who are very enthused about being strategic.

I wouldn't fault any of you for being curious right now about how a white Lutheran Republican from Fargo, North Dakota, gets hooked up with a black liberal Democrat from Georgia, but it has been a great pleasure, I'll tell you that.

I am absolutely convinced that the concepts promoted in this legislation... can change a country and can change this body.

I rise this evening to talk about the rule of law, the importance of enforcement of the rule of law, the importance of a government that stands for law and order. I ask your indulgence, Mr. Speaker, as I begin my comments tonight by…

We do not want a self-fulfilling prophecy, which is the reset happens because we have reset.

What is available is going to depend on what there is capital investment for and whether there is capital investment and innovation is going to depend on regulatory certainty.