If the Federal Government were required to consider the environmental impacts of this open borders policy under the NEPA, the preferred alternative, there would certainly be a border wall.

But in a wide-open aspect of which is frequently frequented by drug smugglers and cartel members, it seems to me like they would be very problematic to those species recoveries.

Illegal migration and the flow of drugs has a monumental impact on our communities.

The flow of drugs and people across our southern border is extremely dangerous, and our Border Patrol is stretched too thin after years of neglect by the previous administrations.

I would like to thank my friend from Idaho for yielding. The legislation before us today represents the same failed policies that have caused recent fire seasons to be some of the worst on record. Over 1.5 million acres of new wilderness…

Today I will be opposing H.R. 2474, the PRO Act. Unfortunately, my Democrat colleagues are bringing legislation to the floor that will continue finding ways to pick winners and losers between special interests and businesses in America…

Good process builds good policy builds good politics.

I thank the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Newhouse), my friend, for yielding. I would like to first look at the Special Order and give a big ``thank you'' to Mr. Newhouse for his passion for solving these issues affecting the Western…

You have got to force the administration to be honest. It's not political. It's Republican, Democrat.

Today, the Subcommittee will consider H.R. 5636, the Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2020, sponsored by my friend, Chairman Lowenthal.

So, the one belt, one road is China leverages infrastructure at the cost of having resources.

You are the last bastion protecting the taxpayers' money. You have got to ask the tough questions.