We consider United States as a great ally of Ethiopia.

I give full credit to Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Lemma Megersa, Gedu Andargachew, and Demeke Mekonnen for their extraordinary work in transforming Ethiopia.

Thank you for testifying before the subcommittee today.

Some of you guys, like Representative Mike Coffman and Representative Chairman Chris Smith, your names are household names in the in most of the Ethiopian people.

What we have seen in Ethiopia over the past few months has been entirely remarkable.

I want to give a special thanks to Representatives Dan Newhouse and Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who have been passionate and effective advocates for you back in Washington, DC.

I want to thank Representative Newhouse. This morning you helped me, you led a tour of the Ice Harbor Dam.

What often gets lost in the conversations inside the beltway is the impact that this Federal infrastructure has on the lives of real people.

The Committee meets today to conduct an oversight hearing entitled 'The Federal Columbia River Power System: The Economic Lifeblood and Way of Life for the Pacific Northwest.'

Some people say that they want to protect the salmon, but when it came time to vote to protect the salmon, they abandoned the salmon, in my opinion.

I would make an inquiry of my friend. I have no Members here to speak, and I am prepared to close if my friend is.

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1051 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1051 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order…

we can enforce that 2016 rule that people don't have to be forced to sign arbitration agreements.

Fully one-third of Medicare residents in a skilled nursing home experienced harm from the care that they received and half of those cases were actually preventable.

I know, Dr. Goodrich, that CMS is now in the process of implementing those regulations.

And as I said in my opening statement, since the rules have been finalized CMS has taken several actions that could delay some of them or roll them back altogether.

my view and I think Congresswoman Schakowsky would really agree with me about this as one of the most effective ways to address if we see rampant nursing home abuses is when patients can bring class actions against some of these bad actors.

Both bills we are considering here today... transfer facilities to the respective local water managers.