I remain committed to finding common-sense solutions to actually move this forward in a real bipartisan action

the threat of public funds going to private school vouchers, for-profit charter schools; they are very real now given President Trump and Secretary Devos' singular focus on that concept.

without resources, asking public school systems to meet any benchmark...you are jeopardizing a lot of children.

Arizona, along with Mississippi, are at the five lowest States in terms of per people expenditures to the public schools; Arizona is about $3,300 under the national average.

public money that is being diverted to those programs, as a consequence it is less another layer of nonsupport from the public schools in Arizona.

The Minnesota State Cattlemen's Association thanks the House Committee on Natural Resources for showing support and granting a hearing for H.R. 424--Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017.

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1404, as was stated by my two colleagues, is a culmination of a longstanding land agreement between Tucson Unified School District and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. In the…

My Republican colleagues need to make up their minds: are judges power-mad, judicial activists, or are they defenseless victims being abused by environmental lawyers? The truth is, they are neither.

The ability to sue the government and win leads to better policy outcomes, more faith in government.

I think it is important to the effectiveness of conservation laws and our democracy, in general.

If House Republicans think we should no longer enforce the Endangered Species Act or NEPA, they should have the courage to go before the voters with plans to repeal these laws.

That is exactly the kind of misleading and unfair tactic a responsible judge would throw out of court.