I thank the gentleman for that. I just want to tell him how outraged I am by the propaganda against poor people. I am outraged by it. If you look at a family that uses SNAP, formerly called food stamps, this program works perfectly well in…

I am pleased to stand before you today to celebrate National Small Business Week. With 30 million small businesses in the country, and nearly 280,000 of those in Utah, I was proud to join with my colleagues on the Small Business Committee…

I rise again today to decry the majority's war on the poor, especially those women who get up every single day and struggle as mothers, often are caretakers for elderly parents, who are juggling two and three minimum wage jobs at $7.25 an…

Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, the legislation in question makes a significant change to the pension funding rule, but it is narrowly written to only address issues concerning a single retirement plan. There are a number of…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. If no one yields time, the time will be charged equally.

there is no excuse for the delays in the confirmation process except sheer partisanship. It amounts to an ongoing partial government shutdown, and it definitely hurts the American people. Such obstruction is not worthy of the Senate, and…

I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to complete my remarks on the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

As one of the eight Tribes that endorse this bill said: The BiOp exceeds requirements established by the courts and by the ESA, and yet plaintiffs want more. The court should uphold the 2008 BiOp. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the…

Unfortunately, NOAA did a study which simply said that the hatchery production of salmon in this area more than offsets any loss that comes from the dams. So even though we have this issue of an endangered species trying to eat another…

Here is the bottom line for this particular piece of legislation: States agree to it. There are nine Tribes in this area. Eight of them totally support this particular bill. The Obama administration created a biological opinion which…

I do appreciate the commitment of the gentlewoman from Washington, the effort to solve some problems, and many of the issues that were brought up. Unfortunately, many of the issues that were addressed simply are not covered in the motion…

In fact, environmental reviews should inform governments of the actions they need to take, not paralyze it.

the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), while not perfect, is a vital conservation law

My hope is, with this hearing, to pause, take a step back, and examine through the witnesses' testimonies how NEPA has been weaponized by vexing litigation.

A solution-oriented approach that doesn't waive or exempt important NEPA processes lies in Congressmen Chris Stewart and Scott Tipton's Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act.

as President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, I ask my colleagues to join us in voting swiftly and unanimously in support of Mike Pompeo's nomination to serve as the next Secretary of State. Frankly, I am embarrassed by the naked…

NEPA was never intended to be a weapon for litigants to force delays and denials on all sorts of activities with a Federal nexus.