I support the Department's efforts to comply with the laws as written by Congress.

I expect you to work closely with the U.S. Trade Representative to pursue high-standard trade agreements that enhance economic opportunities for American businesses and consumers.

today I wish to pay tribute to William Barclay Bates, a father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and veteran of the Second World War. Bill, as he liked to be called, passed away last December in Jackson, WY, at the age of 91. Next week, his…

I applaud the President for his focus on advancing pro-growth policies to get our economy moving.

I rise today to speak about the continuing effort to repeal and replace ObamaCare. This effort has essentially been going on since the day the bill was signed into law. I think most of us on the Republican side recognize the overwhelming…

We commend Senators Cantwell and Hatch for its introduction.

I am proud to rise as an original cosponsor of the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017, and I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this truly bipartisan piece of legislation. We have come a long way in this country…

if someone is serious about climate change, if they really feel that it is an existential threat that faces our country, you cannot defend the Paris Agreement because it was not a serious effort.

This is what it leads to. It is like building a zoo, and not feeding the animals and starving them to death.

I love the fact that you are here together. And I would like to mimic something you said, Mr. Secretary, if I could, and that is, these are--our forests are national jewels.

Do we agree--and again, this is a simple question. Do we agree that that is a part of management as well in taking proper advantage of this resource?

It is a ridiculous over extension of Federal policy that is really having negative impacts on not just Western lands and families.

I hope we can do that in your area.

But they are also a resource. And as you said, Mr. Secretary, they are like a crop.

we do not want one State contributing to another, nor do we want one nation contributing to another, which is clearly happening.

I think many times when people start a conversation with me, they say you are a Republican, therefore, you do not care about the environment.

I felt like the EPA had their boot on the throat of America.

So that, in essence, they did not want to do what the law told them to do, because it did not meet their handbook policies.