I thank the gentlewoman from Minnesota. Chronic wasting disease is 100 percent fatal. We have similar diseases like mad cow disease in cattle and scrapie in sheep. One of the things that we are very concerned with, as the gentlewoman…

I ask one simple question: If Members of this body are so confident of the 2009 endangerment findings, then high- quality peer review would result in the same outcome, correct? What would be the fallacy with that? Once again, good process…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oregon will be postponed. Amendment No. 139 Offered by Mr. Gosar The Acting CHAIR. It is now…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chair, 32 fires in 2015. The average over the last 10 years has been 15 to 20 fires. We ought to know better. In Arizona, I have had to witness the most catastrophic fires in Arizona history…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Louisiana will be postponed. The Committee will rise informally. The Speaker pro tempore…

This amendment attempts to change the requirements for oil and gas leases. I will say it's very entrepreneurial in its disguise. But I want to remind people in regard to how big this aspect is. This is a small, little area. To give you an…

Woman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds…

I thank the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Simpson). Madam Chair, this amendment also makes a mockery of our laws that govern the permitting process for mining operations and is a complete violation of basic fairness. Specifically, this…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chair, I want to applaud the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva), but I also want to highlight that there is a further issue that we need to address. Not only is there a pipeline problem, but there…

Once again, throwing money into the wind when it has no accountability is foolhardy. We have seen these over and over. Good process builds good policy is good politics. We want to see outcomes, and what we are not seeing from this is…

Once again, we hear the same lame excuse over and over again, that doing the same thing over and over, we are going to get a different result. Well, that doesn't work anymore. Trust is a series of promises kept. Why don't we set by…

I rise as the designee of the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Luetkemeyer), and I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division D…