I thank the chairman for this time to be able to speak to an important piece of legislation. In my home State of Colorado, we have a tale of two economies. The urban areas have realized economic recovery since 2008, while the more rural…

I want to get our astronauts to Mars by 2033.

Part of me feels like a lot of this budget was written by the Office of Management and Budget.

I think this Committee has been... pretty solid in wanting to support the mission.

I thank the gentleman from Iowa for the time today to talk about this important legislation. Mr. Speaker, I want to speak on behalf of the Political Appointee Burrowing Prevention Act. This important legislation addresses a problem…

I really support the idea of being able to return to regular order in the appropriations process.

We must also make sure that we provide certainty for the future generations, that their way of life will be preserved as well.

Our current system of dysfunction on spending measures will leave a wealth of uncertainty for our future generations.

I thank the Senator from Wyoming for his remarks on American energy and American energy independence, particularly the work we have done in Wyoming and Colorado. When you think about the opportunities we have to free up markets for…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 747 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 747 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

I appreciate your commitment and hopefully willingness to be able to work with us.

I am not going to ask about the Paris Accord, because that is really not the topic that we were supposed to be discussing today.

I think it is remarkable, if we step back in time, not long ago they were saying that we were going to run out of energy in this country, we were going to have to be importing LNG into the United States, and now we are in a position to…

I hope, Dr. Clark, that we will be able to overcome our own presumption of dysfunction in the U.S. Congress and actually move some of this legislation forward.

Today, I will be introducing the Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act along with Senators Warren, Heller, and Toomey.

yesterday America witnessed another great tragedy in the State of Florida, and of course our souls ache with what must be unimaginable grief. As we turn to comfort those who lost so much in Florida, I come to the floor of the Senate again…

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. . . we have seen that national security and environmental conservation are mutually supporting goals.