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I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 413. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill. Pursuant to House Resolution 1084, the yeas and nays are ordered. This is…

I have found that it was a highly partisan Act, highly partisan piece of legislation that was passed back in the early 1970s.

Overall, the purpose of my bill is to update a 45-year-old law to protect the Endangered Species Act from the current abuse it receives.

I think there is definitely an attempt by the administration and specifically the USCIS to evaluate the visa process.

Thank you for the opportunity to testify and I look forward to your questions.

We would love to see Congress move in some of these areas and we believe that that is an important initiative to address.

I thank this committee for its continued dedication to this issue.

We need to move toward requiring things like E-Verify that allows us to find out who should be here.

We have seen reports detailing challenges veterans face when using the GI Bill.

September is National Rice Month. In Arkansas, this is certainly reason to celebrate. My home State has the proud distinction of being the Nation's leader in rice production, producing about half of the U.S. rice crop in America. Arkansas…

the opioid epidemic is a national crisis. It has destroyed lives, torn apart families, and strained community resources. Since the year 2000, more than 300,000 people in the United States have died from opioid overdoses. Congress is…

And also welcome my colleague from Little Rock, Representative French Hill, who is joining the Committee today.

I was especially glad to see us mark up the bill last week that looked at addressing the maintenance backlog.

I also want to welcome my fellow Committee member, Amata Radewagen, from American Samoa.

Thank you for being here. And welcome everyone to Hot Springs, which is also my hometown.

I would like to go down the panel and have you give me your Number one improvement you think could be made to the Historic Leasing Program.