David Valadao: “Frankly, the American taxpayer, they have spent too many billions of dollars for this to fail and I still want to know…”

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment, as modified. The text of the amendment, as modified, is as follows: AMENDMENT NO. 3, AS MODIFIED, OFFERED BY MR. VALADAO OF CALIFORNIA At the end of…

That is--and the mention of the cartels, that is something I think a lot of people forget to mention.

I thank Chairman Westerman and his staff at the Natural Resources Committee for their work on this very important bill. I appreciate his partnership and work to ensure my amendment was included today. Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to…

First, I thank my colleague, my coauthor, Brittany Pettersen, for her support on this. I also thank the members and staff of the committee. They have been very, very helpful in us moving this bill forward. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in…