I thank the chairman. Certainly, the chairman understands the issues of water in California, as well as anyone does, and also understands that, in order for us to meet the current and certainly any future drought, we are going to have to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 2, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $4,010,000)''. Page 8, line 14, after the dollar amount…

I am not at all sure it is going to be that controversial, but I was just looking outside the Capitol before I came in to make this presentation, and it is raining. It is a downpour. For those of us from California, it has been a long time…

Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution is clear: Congress, and Congress alone, shall have the power to declare war. Make no mistake, the current campaign against ISIS is a war. Mr. Speaker, our esteemed colleague from Texas…

Mr. Tonko, for more than 4 years now, you and I have stood on the floor on Special Order hour to talk about Make It In America, about the manufacturing system and about the jobs that we need to build, transportation infrastructure, and…

Mr. Tonko, thank you for your leadership. Thank you for rounding up 180-plus Members of this House. On any issue that is tough, but then having them sign on to a piece of legislation that would advance the care that individuals receive and…

Mr. Tonko, you continually come back to the compassion and caregiving that I think each human being has somewhere in them. For us here in Congress, it is to express that in a meaningful way. That meaningful way is to make sure there is…

Mr. Tonko, thank you so very much. Mr. Speaker, I think we will end there and simply say that this is not the last time that we will be speaking on this issue on the floor. I would hope the next time that we speak on this issue that the…

For the next hour, we will be talking about an issue that really confronts every American family, an issue that has brought devastation, fear, and sadness to virtually every family in this Nation. We are going to talk about dementia and…

I thank the gentlewoman from California who has been a leader in this disease and dealing with the problems of it for many, many years. And your work Ms. Waters is paying off. The work that you have done organizing us, Members of Congress…

Mr. Higgins, thank you so very much. Your points are absolutely on target. This little chart here points out much of what you and Ms. Waters were talking about, and that is the extraordinary expense. This is 2015. And we expect to spend…

I first want to echo Chairman Hunter in stating my strong support for H.R. 1987, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, legislation that will tend to the needs of our Nation's fifth military service, the United States Coast Guard. I…