I am also very concerned about human rights issues and what we can do about it.

I represent a very large section of Little Saigon.

I found the discussion of Japan very interesting.

Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer an amendment to require companies to follow the law if they want to export crude oil from the United States. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 132, line 5, strike ``primary or''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 333, the gentleman…

Mr. Chair, according to the American Lung Association's 2015 State of the Air Report, the Los Angeles metropolitan area, which includes both my district and also the Appropriations Subcommittee chair's district, that metropolitan area is…

Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The Bureau of Land Management has only just begun the process of examining whether royalty rates and rentals for oil and gas leases on public lands should be increased. That process should…

Mr. Chairman, let's just talk about why we need to change the standard. I understand and appreciate that reaching that standard is going to take some work, but remember, the air, by saying that we don't need to do this because the air is…

Mr. Chairman, as I mentioned, I offer this amendment to require companies to follow the law if they want to export crude oil from the United States. I want to make it clear. This amendment is not about whether we should lift the crude oil…

This scenario may sound too good to be true, but in fact, that is exactly the sweetheart deal that we are currently giving oil and gas industries, a sweetheart deal that should end. All Americans must deal with the unavoidable reality of…

I just want to say that I found this discussion fascinating, about some of the issues around mining in the United States, but this is not germane to the topic of this bill.