As the price of steel rises, so does the construction cost across our State.

In Nevada it is estimated that $107 million worth of exports are threatened by new tariffs.

you have to include your allies as you move forward in any kind of negotiation

I thank my friend for yielding and for her support of this bill that creates the RISE Award. I would like to address the bill before you by telling you the story of Ms. Virginia Mills. Ms. Mills started her career as a security guard at…

I think now, with the change of the leadership with this House, I think you all have a much stronger voice in your negotiations with the Senate.

We want to talk to you about it, what's going on my neck of the woods, that sort of stuff, and so I think regardless of where you think we ought to be or what, the agency has been phenomenally cooperative and a standout in my experience in…

I am just waiting for the day when there is somebody on the panel from Nevada, which, by the way, does not stand for some kind of skunk or----

I am kind of thinking one of the things we need to look at is we've got to start building some fences around that money.

I would just like to associate myself with your remarks.

I am not a guy who says more money is the answer to everything, but I am also the guy who says I think the last resource administration was the Teddy Roosevelt Administration.

What we spend on natural resources as a part of the Federal budget is not extravagant or even a lot, and yet we continue to watch the funding trends go down.

Help me. Why are all of the private sector people being told, 'Figure out a way to launder your money,' but yet the government's political subdivisions are saying, 'Pay the IRS in cash'?

President Trump seems averse to international cooperation and multilateral agreements. He seems to prefer go-it-alone, shoot-from-the-hip, mano-a-mano type of diplomacy, such as it exists.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, after line 21, insert the following: ``(3) The term `facility of the Department' includes any Vet…

I have no other speakers, and I am prepared to close at this time, if my colleague is as well. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.

My amendment clarifies that every veteran is able to access childcare services guaranteed by the underlying bill, regardless of whether they are using the services at a VA center, medical center, or a vet center that is not on the campus…

My emphasis is personal, tangible, and has dire consequences to real people who call Louisiana home.

I want to make it absolutely clear, at least for myself and I believe most of my colleagues on this side, that is not the case.