Devin Nunes

I want to thank the chairman for allowing me to speak on this important bill. Mr. Speaker, today we are going to hear, Mr. Speaker, a lot of falsehoods. But we need to get to the bottom of why are we hearing those falsehoods, because, for…

So all of the radical environmental groups that were created in this country started where? In that little epicenter of Hollywood and San Francisco on the west coast of California. Lawsuits, lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit, millions of…

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding. Mr. Chairman, this amendment and the last amendment are about one thing. Let's not be fooled here. It is about sewer discharge from the communities in the delta that continue to dump…

This is about 40 years of policies that passed out of this body that took water from our region and sent it out to the ocean. That is what this debate is about. So the inconvenient truth for the folks on the left is that their 40 years of…

This amendment is another stall tactic. There have been several speakers who have talked about how this bill creates no water. Well, I hate to break it to people, but bills don't create water. It rains. That is why the founding fathers of…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for all your hard work in putting this bill together. Mr. Chairman, the underlying bill includes funding for three environmental programs that have shown very little accountability since they were…

I'd like to pay tribute, as Mr. Costa said, to Dr. Pete Mehas, an enthusiastic leader of the central valley and a man whom I was privileged to call my friend. Pete was a major force in shaping and improving our local school system, serving…

the real issue here is not only creation of jobs, but you have got to increase productivity in Brazil to really raise their standards of living

Our trade and investment relationship with Brazil should be recognized as one of the United States' most important.

A comprehensive and ambitious transatlantic agreement would promote economic growth, strengthen an already strong economic alliance, and serve as an influential model promoting free trade and open markets around the world.

Lajes has an unparalleled strategic value. Located on the Azore islands between Europe and the United States, it is like the Hawaii of the Atlantic Ocean, only closer to America's homeland.

Crucially, we cannot assume the Portuguese will exclude China or other bad actors from the site simply out of allegiance to the United States.

I don't believe that we should withdraw the presence there at all. In fact, I would argue that we should probably increase the presence at Lajes and draw down other facilities.

If the U.S. Government wants to fulfill its responsibility to protect the United States, its people, and its interests, then I ask you to look at the map, and what location of the 29 locations on the map is most critical?

If we walk away and draw down, the Portuguese will be forced to make a very tough decision, which is, do we support the United States, which I think they want to do, or do we make a strategic decision to try to feed our families?

We do not want to make Azorians choose between their loyalty to the United States and the ability to feed their families.

The U.S.-India partnership is and will continue to be crucial to the global economy in the 21st century, and bilateral trade and investment ties are the lynchpin to keeping this strategic relationship strong.

I think we both feel that this is really one of the issues in Congress where there is bipartisan agreement, and we hope to advance the trade agenda as best as we can.

I intend to push India to remove barriers that prevent U.S. companies, farmers, ranchers, and workers from competing on a level playing field.

The 1974 Jackson-Vanik amendment effectively pressured the Soviet Union over its appalling human rights record. It was an important part of America's decades-long effort to contain and ultimately bring down an evil empire. Times have…

When we look at Russia over the last 12 years, my personal opinion is, is that we have really become or we are looking at what has become authoritarian, almost a dictatorship, with a growing population that is trying to revolt against that…

Today is another milestone in our work to conduct strong oversight of the intelligence community. In just under 2 years as chairman and ranking member, the gentleman from Michigan and the gentleman from Maryland have proven that the…

So we essentially have three choices. We can pass this bill, very narrowly focused, allowing our intelligence community to work with private industry, or we can fund a massive new government program. I think we've proven that those massive…

I would hope that the gentleman from California has read the bill, because he complains about the subsidies. In fact, this bill gets rid of the subsidies as this bill returns almost $300 million to the Treasury. So we agree. We want to get…

I will be very quick. The gentlelady from California is the biggest offender of the ultimate subsidy of all. Those are those mystery little Title XVI grants from the Bureau of Reclamation. They don't even charge interest. They just give…