I thank the gentlelady. In conclusion, Mr. Chairman, the EPA does recognize there is a problem here, and they are working to correct it. It's just taking a long time. The rule was promulgated in 2007. We've had 3 or 4 years since that…

While the Clean Air Act obviously serves a useful purpose, all too often States and localities are tied up in knots in just trying to comply with the provisions of it in which the rules that were promulgated in response to the law, or…

I thank the gentleman from California. Mr. Chairman, just to give you an idea of how prevalent the problem is, I'll just summarize a little more. In Arizona, the Maricopa Association of Governments, or MAG, has said that there have been…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, add the following: SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of the Congress that the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for arranging this Special Order. This is something that we in Arizona and anywhere in the West in Utah and elsewhere have great pride in and that this recognition, as the gentleman mentioned, came…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank those who have brought this resolution to the floor, particularly the gentlewoman from Florida, and for the hard work she has put into it, and for the staff of Gabby Giffords for working so…

I doubt that I can match the volume that's been displayed today, using partisan accusations as to who's responsible for the budget mess that we're in. But I think that all of us, we Republicans, for example, in our candid moments, would…

On Monday, October 31, UNESCO voted to award the Palestinian Authority full membership in its organization. UNESCO made the decision in spite of an existing U.S. law which prohibits U.S. contributions to the United Nations or any…

This regulatory overreach is based on specious environmental concerns, as was outlined by Congressman Franks.

It conflicts with our energy security goals.

And it endangers desperately needed economic activity in the region.

The Administration claims that it is undergoing a deliberative process, but it is crystal-clear that they plan to move as early as the end of the month with this unnecessary long-term withdrawal of lands in the Arizona Strip to new mining…