Katie Porter

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from California has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I will start by noting that the Harvard study was, in fact, peer- reviewed. As a former professor, I am very familiar with the peer- review process. It is a reliable study, and what it shows is what is best for the economy of this region…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 212, nays 203, not voting 14, as follows: [Roll No…

I include in the Record a 2022 poll citing a 2-1 margin of Minnesotans opposing sulfide-ore copper mining on the edge of the Boundary Waters. [From Impact Research, May 10, 2022] Minnesotans Support Permanent Protections for the Boundary…

If mining were permitted, these economists find that there would be an initial but temporary net growth in employment. But over time, any economic benefits of mining would be outweighed by the negative impacts of mining on the existing…

So, the real problem here are budget cuts.

I also include in the Record a letter from the Wilderness Society in opposition to this legislation. The Wilderness Society, May 11, 2023. Dear Chairman Pete Stauber, Ranking Member Ocasio-Cortez, and Members of the House Natural Resources…

Lastly I include testimony in opposition to the legislation from Becky Rom, national chair of The Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters, a coalition of businesses, conservation groups, and outdoor recreation organizations. Mr. Speaker, the…

This kind of mowing and waiting... is going to hit its limits at some point.

Look, commercial property owners take risks, and losing money is one of them, but when the whole market crashes, that causes a problem that hurts all of us.

Over and over again, when the economy is strong, politicians are so busy taking credit that they fail to see storms on the horizon.

Congress gets this phenomenon. It is like last week's calm district work period before now facing a month of unpredictable governance in the House.

I think that is what Wall Street does, and it is a good thing, but I do not know that we can look to that as necessarily a positive sign.

The government should have seen it coming. Why didn't we? Maybe because Congress was negligent during the calm.

I am so frustrated with Congress for not taking up the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act.

The longer we postpone the outcome, the bigger the balance grows and the greater the economic risk becomes.

I have not been fully satisfied with what we have said about the office situation.

I was unable to be present to cast my vote on Roll Call 142 today. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA.

I was unable to be present to cast my votes on Roll Call No. 141 today. Had I been present, I would have voted Yea on Roll Call 141.

My son Paul broke my heart with a question. He asked: Mom, will you come visit me when I grow up and live outside of California? I asked: Why would you want to live out of State? It wasn't that there is somewhere else he would rather be…

What you need is a relatively inexpensive Coast Guard cutter and funding for good Coasties who want to serve their country.

China has taken an expansive, unlawful territorial claim to the South China Sea, and they have ignored international law.

But when Congress does that, what they are not doing is using our taxpayer dollars to address the problems that the Chinese Communist Party is actually causing.

Republicans have told us today that China poses an existential threat to the United States.

China is ruthlessly expanding its power, breaking the rule of law.