Jay Obernolte

I thank my colleague, the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Lucas) for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of my bill, H.R. 342, the Cost- Sharing Accountability Act. Mr. Speaker, research and development grants in the field of…

My constituents already pay amongst the highest prices for energy in the entire country and yet, this winter, their suffering is particularly acute because some of them are being forced to pay over twice as much to heat their homes as they…

I thank my colleagues across the aisle for their bipartisan work on this bill. I urge adoption of the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I urge adoption of this commonsense, bipartisan legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I think it is going to take some time for Congress to process this issue.

I am hopeful that we can remember those victims when we have this discussion.

I want to thank you, Madam Chair.

The Castro-Huerta decision mitigates the effects of the 2020 Supreme Court decision of McGirt v. Oklahoma.

Respectfully, I do not think that is enough time for the Five Tribes, the state of Oklahoma, other states and tribes to fully grapple with what is a way forward.

Our job as lawmakers is to be explicit when we write laws.

I thank the Member for yielding. Madam Speaker, I stand deeply concerned today about the state of our economy. Last week, the Department of Labor released the latest statistics for inflation in the United States. It shows that inflation…

I am very glad we are having this hearing.

I think it is important that we think about the implications of decisions that we might make in that respect.

This Huerta decision really has the potential of attacking tribal sovereignty in a lot of different parts of the country.

I think the idea that if there is another sovereign that can prosecute, that only complicates and makes things worse, is not the right one.

the implications of a longer human lifespan are profound in the fields of public policy and governance, both good and bad.

For thousands of years, mankind has been searching for the fountain of youth. And in the last several hundred years, it has become abundantly clear that the fountain of youth is--is going to be discovered not through exploration, but…

New data from the Department of Labor released this week indicates that inflation in America remains at a 40- year high. Numerous studies, including one by the San Francisco branch of our Federal Reserve Bank, indicate that the reason why…

Last year, my home State of California experienced the worst year for wildfires in the entire history of the State. As of this morning, the Oak Fire is burning just outside my district. It has consumed over 100 homes and displaced tens of…

I represent one of the largest geographic districts in the country. Access to healthcare is a very real problem for the people I represent because many of them live hours away and hundreds of miles away from specialized healthcare. For my…

I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Lucas), my friend and colleague, for yielding time. Research and development grants from the Department of Energy play a vital role in catalyzing the development of new energy technology in the…

I think that trying to focus on eliminating all fraudulent papers is a fool's errand

It is vital that publishers and universities remain diligent in preventing these fraudulent publications, and that there are consequences for engaging in this bad behavior.

I think the greater awareness that we have not only this is a problem but the--of the need to make severe penalties apparent for those who engage in destructive behavior like this, I think that's going to be key to controlling the spread…

I am both troubled and perplexed to hear about the issue of paper mills.