After visiting the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias, Teddy Roosevelt famously declared: ``A grove of giant redwood or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great and beautiful cathedral.'' Madam Speaker, today that cathedral is on…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 291. Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress Allred (Gomez) Boebert (Bishop (NC)) Bonamici (Manning) Bourdeaux (Correa)…

Our current national debt is not only huge, it is astronomical. As of today, the national debt exceeds over $30 trillion. To put that in perspective, that amount in $100 bills laid side by side would circle the Earth over 1,167 times. If…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. I rise today to speak against H.R. 2543. This bill does not address the underlying causes restricting access to credit or inflation that has eroded many Americans' borrowing power. It is just a…

I know that we all like the idea of dynamic scoring, and I spend a lot of money on hunting and fishing myself, as do a lot of other Members of Congress. But CBO, unfortunately, does not take that into account. I know we all think that this…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 231, nays…

There are some wonderful groups out there that do great work, but this bill is not about funding private groups or nonprofit groups. This bill is about funding State and Tribal entities. It is what it was originally about. It has changed…

This amendment would actually make the bill worse by authorizing nonprofit organizations to receive funding under title I. This amendment is in direct contravention to the original intent of this legislation, which is to empower States and…

Once again, we all have invasive species that we deal with. It is something we should be focusing on. We just don't need another duplicative Federal program to do that. Madam Speaker, I encourage a ``no'' vote on the amendment, and I yield…

I again encourage adoption of these amendments, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Again, I support this group of amendments en bloc and encourage a ``yes'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I also rise in support of this amendment en bloc. None of the amendments included in this amendment en bloc would add more spending to this bill. Three of the amendments in this en bloc amend title I by adding more flexibility for State…