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I thank the gentlewoman from Utah (Ms. Maloy) and the gentlewoman from Alaska (Mrs. Peltola) for coming together on this important bipartisan legislation. Mr. Speaker, the reality is that there are abandoned mines all over the United…
I am looking forward to working with your office personally. Let us just resolve that issue.
This bill is really important. The Water Resources Development Act authorizes all the activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Speaker, something that is really key here is that under this chairman we have been able to keep this…
I send to the desk a resolution and ask unanimous consent for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Louisiana? There was no…
In closing, I want to reflect upon Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Both storms resulted in extraordinary death, with, I believe, around 1,700 lives lost in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. This legislation is…
In the aftermath of a disaster, oftentimes communities will lose power. This legislation simply allows the utilities to come in and put temporary fixes in place so power can get stood back up and power can get turned back on for these…
I don't have any more speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.
My experience has been trying to convince people to cut it, it’s kind of like going to heaven.
I have a motion at the desk to refer the resolution to the Committee on Ethics. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Scalise of Louisiana moves to refer the resolution to the Committee…
We have heard enough on this. We can talk about it for an hour, four hours. The bottom line, Mr. Speaker: Why don't we get back to work for the people of this country. I urge a ``yes'' vote on the motion to refer. I yield back the balance…
The Member being referenced in the resolution has actually resigned from the House of Representatives. Therefore, the question is moot. Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on the motion to refer, and I yield back the balance of my time and…
Madam President, I rise in support of the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2024. Three years after Hurricane Ida and months after Hurricane Francine hit Louisiana, communities are still recovering, and every bit we give helps. This bill…
They're spending money in our view, recklessly and so, yes, we've had a lot of discussions over the last couple of days about what our authority would be to claw some of that back and to stop it.
Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 479. Stated against:
It is my district that has been most severely injured by this pause which has in itself injured the planet.
I want to thank Chairman Westerman, as well as the House Committee on Natural Resources for moving this bill forward. I thank my good friend, Mrs. Dingell, for her strong support as well, as she just expressed. I am honored to speak on…
Madam President, before the Thanksgiving holiday, my colleagues--we--voted late into the night. And I have no problem with that if we are voting on meaningful legislation. But that is not what we have been doing. We are voting on…