This bill preserves recreational access to nearly 20,000 acres in the Hurricane Sand Dunes in Washington County, Utah.

The people who depend on these rights-of-way deserve to have their claims heard.

So can I get a commitment from you that you will work with local officials to increase access to recreational opportunities in the county?

This is not an appropriate place for a mine, not at the headwaters of the Yellowstone River, nor at the doorstep of Yellowstone National Park.

Thank you very much, Senator Hatch, and thanks for telling us about the dune buggy.

This is their land. I mean, an R.S. 2477 right-of-way is an ownership interest.

We will try to bring a little bit more of Alaska into this room to make sure that it is a little bit less tropical.

I appreciate her bringing this to our attention all the time, too.

My gut feeling is that Medicare or Medicaid, by itself, will not solve that problem, will not be enough to meet the need that is actually there.

I speak today to bid farewell to Kimberly Brandt. Kim has worked for the Senate Finance Committee as the chief oversight counsel for more than 6 years. Kim came to the Finance Committee after years of public service, and she leaves it to…

July 24 marks a significant milestone in the history of my home State of Utah. On this day, 170 years ago, Brigham Young and the Mormon pioneers first entered the Salt Lake Valley. Facing violence and discrimination at every turn, Utah's…

May I inquire of the ranking member if he has any germane speakers left on this issue.

Mr. Delrahim's appointment is just one example among many. This particular example serves an important case in point. Democrats are deliberately slow walking dozens of confirmations in a cynical effort to stall the President's agenda and…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 248, nays 179, not voting 6, as follows: [Roll No. 406] YEAS--248 Abraham Aderholt Allen Amodei Arrington…

I appreciate the efforts of the gentleman from California. I would remind him, when he was in the Clinton administration and the Clinton administration forced the community to buy a hovercraft instead of building this road, that was made…

I can say I don't support this because even though I had three bills in that package, I voted against it. It was a bad package going through. But the problem is that this amendment does nothing more than reinsert the language that caused…

I include in the Record my statement on the ABCs of Izembek. Alaska's ardently asking for action and assistance to acquire acute acres to always allow actual access across areas and assuredly avert atrocious aviation accidents after…

I claim the time in opposition to the motion to recommit. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.