I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 8, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $24,000,000)''. Page 13, line 9, after the dollar amount…

Woman, my amendment will provide funding to the Air National Guard so it can obtain much-needed firefighting equipment so they can more effectively combat the devastating wildfires that destroy millions of acres of land and homes every…

I have known Father Joseph Shea since he was appointed pastor of St. Rose of Lima Parish in my home city of Simi Valley, California. He's been there now for approximately 4 years, and we've worked together on several projects that have…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my legislation, H.R. 241. This bill will authorize the Forest Service to convey a small parcel of land on the perimeter of the Los Padres National Forest to a…

I want to thank Chairman McKeon and also Ranking Member Smith for all their work in putting this bill together. My amendment, which is included in the en bloc, will address the repercussions of the expansion of sea otters into the southern…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1308, legislation to extend the termination date for the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission. The work of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission is not quite…

Mr. Chairman, my amendment ends tens of millions of taxpayer dollars being wasted on sponsorship for NASCAR race cars by the Department of Defense. With trillion-dollar deficits, this amendment is where the rubber meets the road for my…

And it was very special to me to hear the comments from the folks on the other side of the aisle. While they may have disagreed with him on certain policy, I don't know that anyone disagreed on the man's integrity and his compassion for…

I did not have one individual on either side of the aisle say, no, Elton, I can't be a cosponsor. I don't think there's anytime in history that I've had as many people agree on--we can't get that many people to agree on what day of the…

As the author of the legislation creating the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission, I was asked by the Reagan Foundation to host a Special Order this afternoon, and I am honored to have many of my colleagues here to join us on this floor…

And I think we did that this afternoon with all of our speakers from States from California to New York and everywhere in between. In closing, and it just seemed appropriate this morning as I was pulling into the Rayburn garage, I came in…