I thank Ranking Member Calvert for yielding and for his leadership on this bill that we passed back in December. Unfortunately, as you know, I am rising, Madam Speaker, in opposition of H.R. 266. What we have before us today, however, is…

I am, in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Aderholt moves to recommit the bill H.R. 265 to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report…

This motion to recommit restores a House priority that had overwhelming support when we put together the FY 2019 Agriculture bill during the last Congress. As I mentioned in my opening statement, our House bill last year placed a high…

At this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Mitchell), who serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and also the Armed Services Committee.

As I noted earlier, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee received over 350 Members who came before our subcommittee and submitted requests. Many of those…

At this time I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Granger), the new ranking member of the Appropriations Committee.

There have been discussions about whether this line item or that line item might be something to rescind or not. To them, I would point out that we are in the middle of an appropriations process. We can work on these issues and we can…

It is a bit disconcerting to hear a lot of my friends on the other side of the aisle say that any funds left over in the executive branch account should not be returned to the U.S. Treasury, which would reduce Federal borrowing; but…

I thank my colleague, Mr. Shimkus, for this important legislation. This is a bipartisan piece of legislation that, it has already been said, puts our country back on the right track in honoring that commitment that was made by the Federal…

Our primary goal for this hearing is to examine the Department of Agriculture's fiscal year 2019 budget while also reviewing the use of funds past and present.

But we have never had a holistic strategic plan, and that is what we are trying to lead the effort.

I do want to give you credit for thinking outside the box, no pun intended--well, maybe it was intended.

The budget also proposes to increase the population eligibility for water and water--and waste programs from 10,000 to 20,000.

Yes. And certainly when you have duplicate programs I think any of us need--want to be aware of when those are the case.

I would also like to echo a few of the comments Members have already heard this morning. The Appropriations subcommittees have, indeed, spent many months and countless hours in developing a bill that really and truly invests in our…

Will this be the first census taken with smartphones that have been on the grounds or was that----

If I understand correctly, part of the equation is whether a weapon goes into exoatmospheric.

But the concern that many of us has is about the frequency of hypersonic testing from Russia and China.

The advent of new futures approved just last year for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies seem to have taken up the headlines recently.

Good morning, and the subcommittee will come to order.

I appreciate my colleagues for taking time to be here, of course, and certainly our ranking member, Mr. Bishop.

I mentioned that the Cole-Bishop legislation finds common ground by helping people quit smoking.

I want to thank my colleague from Illinois (Mr. Hultgren) for arranging this opportunity for us to remember the life and legacy of Dr. Billy Graham, although I have to say it is not an easy task to find words that sum up his life, not…

Today, as the House takes up the fifth continuing resolution for FY18, it seems all too appropriate to quote President Reagan where he says: ``Here we go again.'' I rise here on the floor of the House this afternoon to urge my colleagues…

I send to the desk a privileged concurrent resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows: H. Con. Res. 101 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That…