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Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to Lee amendment No. 132. This amendment would require that any applicant for wastewater infrastructure funds undertake an assessment regarding the potential impacts of climate change on the project and to…
Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed…
Mr. Speaker, how much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlemen from North Carolina has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from Kansas has 4 minutes remaining.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, and I rise in opposition to the amendments en bloc. These amendments en bloc would further expand upon the majority's wish list of progressive priorities for water infrastructure…
Madam Speaker, today, I rise in opposition to H.R. 3684. American infrastructure is in dire need of repair, but this is just not the way to do it. One provision lifts a longtime ban against spending Federal money on art and nonfunctional…
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Arkansas for yielding. Madam Speaker, my amendment would re-implement a Federal Transit Administration policy that ensured that Federal loans were not counted towards State contributions for capital…
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from North Carolina is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. Speaker, the bill before us today represents a missed opportunity to produce good, strong bipartisan legislation focused on the country's real infrastructure needs. Instead, it is one focused on an agenda cloaked under the guise of the…
Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Washington (Mrs. Rodgers), the ranking member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mr. Speaker, if I could inquire how much time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from North Carolina has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from Kansas has 1 minute remaining.
Mr. Speaker, I have listened to the debate today, and it is a real shame that a surface reauthorization bill and a wastewater reauthorization bill have to be partisan. They shouldn't be partisan. We wanted a bipartisan process, but that is…
Mr. Speaker, by direction of the House Republican Conference, I send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 511 Resolved That the following named…
Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise today in support of the Inspector General Independence Act. Inspectors general are vital to the integrity, efficiency, and efficacy of our Government. It is crucial that they…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission's 60th anniversary. In 1961, six sweet potato producers chartered the commission to support growers and to maintain North Carolina's standing as a…
Mr. Speaker, our national debt exceeds $28.1 trillion. Congress year after year continues spending money with seemingly no regard for the debts we are pushing onto future generations. While it was necessary to spend a significant amount of…
Mr. Speaker, today I rise to congratulate the Honorable Mike McIntyre, former Member of the House from 1997 to 2015 for his induction into the University of North Carolina's Order of the Golden Fleece, the oldest and highest honor society…
Madam Speaker, Republicans and Democrats agree that racism, in any shape or form, is repugnant and must be denounced. I do intend to vote for this bill, as I did last summer, when Congress considered a similar measure. It is interesting…
