Earlier this year, the President, speaking at the National Farm Bureau Convention, called for legislation regarding agriculture immigration. And he acknowledged that the ag community, in his words, ``needs people to help with the farms.''…

I appreciate the chairman from Hawaii and his acknowledgment of what is going on in the Great Lakes. In fact, it was my own State representative who led that letter of State legislators requesting Governor Whitmer to declare this emergency…

While I stand here today as I offer my amendment, residents across the Great Lakes are facing imminent threats to their property, their infrastructure, and the shorelines themselves due to historically high water levels. Great Lakes…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 16, after line 2, insert the following: (h) Minimum Required Funds for Shoreline Projects Located…

the American handshake has to mean something and that when we shook hands with the Kurds we gave them the commitment

I thank my good friend and I thank, too, Mr. Quigley, who just spoke, as the two of us are the bipartisan sponsors of the Great Lakes Fisheries Authorization Act, and we are glad that it is part of this package. And I rise, obviously, in…

the fact of the matter is that the discrimination toward her, which is due to because of the loved one and because of the fact that she's a caretaker, I feel like it needs to extend in protecting those caregivers.

to me, this is a form of discrimination.

Why is it essential to use the most sensitive methods? I mean, it's clear to me, so we can find it, right?

Securing our Nation's transportation systems from successful attack requires the collaboration of all stakeholders responsible for transportation security. I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Joyce) for bringing this legislation…

This subcommittee will not rest until it has answers to these questions. It's what the American people and public health deserve.

I would be remiss if I did not also take just a half a second to urge the Department of Homeland Security, in crafting their budget request for next cycle, to provide adequate resources for the CRCL to ensure that the office can do its…

Formally authorizing the Department of Homeland Security's mentor-protege program will ensure the continued success of this important small business program. DHS is to be commended in its earliest days for setting this program up. I thank…

America is home to over 3 million miles of lakes, rivers, and streams, including more than 25,000 miles of navigable waters. It is critically important that we have a complete picture of the security and criminal threats that inland waters…

It is not right to focus everything on this one particular study.

I do want to submit for the record, if there's no objection, a Mother Jones article where it shows that Johnson & Johnson has poured money into directly influencing Federal lawmakers.

I just know if somebody is harmful, I just want to be able to speak up for them.

How much more testing do our people need? How much more? Enough is enough.