Yesterday, I met with the U.S. Forest Service officials in Missoula, Montana to discuss their progress on using tools that Congress has given them to improve the health of our forests.

Mr. Westerman's Trillion Trees Act would extend the Good Neighbor Authority, which will expand the Forest Service's efforts to improve the health of our forests.

I think the contrast in the discussion is pretty clear. We have a plan that relies on innovation and trees to capture carbon, instead of over-bearing Federal mandates that drive up costs for consumers.

I will continue to oppose these over-bearing regulations and favor American innovation as we look for solutions, including, for example, halting all energy leasing on Federal lands, increasing royalty rates. These are just steps in the…

I ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with my Senate colleagues. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

we are here today to discuss two pieces of legislation that will be voted on tomorrow in the U.S. Senate. These two important bills address the issue of life, a most basic human right--the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and the…

Senator, thank you, and thanks for your very moving story about Micah Pickering. It helps to take these ideas and translate them directly into these children today, whom you can see there as a little baby. There are critics of the…

I thank the gentleman from Texas, particularly for reminding us of the need to rebalance and reclaim our Article I authority from the runaway bureaucracy that we have here in Washington. Madam Speaker, we started the Government Efficiency…

I thank the gentleman from South Carolina for his leadership on the GEAR Task Force. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa), from the First Congressional District, for his thoughts on government efficiency…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia. I particularly appreciate his business experience here in the House and his participation on this task force. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Timmons), from the Fourth…

I thank the gentlewoman, especially for bringing attention to this issue of immigration. It is top of mind for so many Americans, and having the judges necessary to pursue these cases to final outcome is so important. I yield to the…

I thank the gentleman for his leadership here in highlighting some of these wasteful programs. Clearly, we can do better, and I thank him for bringing them forward. At this time, I will yield to the gentlewoman from Arizona's Eighth…

I thank the gentleman for his leadership on this. Taxpayers do have a right to know, and hopefully as that bill moves to the President's desk, it will actually happen. At this time, I welcome the gentleman from Texas' 27th Congressional…

I thank Mr. Armstrong for his work. Permitting is an area where we can really make advances to make the process more deterministic so we can get projects on the ground going. I thank the gentleman for his leadership there. Madam Speaker, I…

I appreciate the opportunity to hold this Special Order on the Republican Study Committee's GEAR Task Force. I thank Mike Johnson, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, for his leadership to make this task force possible. We started…

I thank the gentleman from California for his remarks. I agree we have seen the impacts of an overly lengthy NEPA process that just ties projects in knots, and the weaponization of the Endangered Species Act has allowed it to drift away…

I want to tell a story about a young woman from Montana and her beautiful baby boy.

I ask unanimous consent that the votes in this series be 10 minutes in length. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question…