Salud Ortiz Carbajal

the message and the trend that we are establishing go towards what I feel is damaging and destabilizing.

Ranking Member Graves and I represent similar people, facing similar struggles, and worrying about similar things, some in the rural areas and some in more urban areas.

So let's get down to business. If you want to do the hard, messy work of legislating to reduce carbon emissions from transportation, and build resilient infrastructure in an effort to tackle global warming, I look forward to working with…

I would also ask that Members give thoughtful consideration to the options presented today, and look for areas of future opportunity.

Today I want the witnesses to offer pragmatic, yet effective, solutions to climate change that reflect these differences and that will inform the committee's efforts to mitigate carbon emissions and provide for resilient infrastructure in…

Obviously, the message and the trend that we are establishing go towards what I feel is damaging and destabilizing.

Today, I rise to celebrate the prodigious 24-year public service career of supervisor Janet Wolf, and a good friend, in Santa Barbara County of my district. A southern California native, Janet Wolf earned her bachelor of arts degree from…

This week, I visited the Customs and Border Protection facilities where 8-year-old Felipe Gomez Alonso was held shortly before he fell sick and tragically died on Christmas Eve. This was just 3 weeks after 7-year-old Jakelyn Caal died in…

Just to follow up. Coming from local government we call that concept one-stop shop.

This amendment strikes section 628 of the underlying bill prohibiting the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, from issuing rules on disclosures for corporations spending money to influence our elections, primarily through paid…

I rise as the designee for the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Capuano), and I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 264, strike lines 13…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 82 Offered by Mr. Zeldin The Acting CHAIR. It is…

This is not about shaming anyone. This does not restrict free speech or the ability of corporations to engage in political activity. It only allows the SEC to require disclosure of corporate political spending, a little bit of transparency…

I appreciate the feedback from my colleague. Mr. Chair, this will not detour or take away from the efficiency of the focus of work and spending of resources by the IRS. This only does a fundamental thing, and that is provide for more…

This week President Trump's Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, decided that the agency will no longer collect information on donations to political nonprofits. This administration will no longer require 501(c)(4) organizations to disclose…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 125 of title I of division B. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 996, the…

I rise as the designee for Mr. Polis of Colorado, and I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 86, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert…

This amendment offsets the $10 million increase for fuels management by reducing from the forest products. Unlike the forest products line item, which funds timber sales, the hazardous fuels program is focused exclusively on reducing…

I, too, am an immigrant to this country. What has become evident is the cruel, self-imposed crisis that this administration has created. It has created a chaotic process for detaining and separating children from their families. This is an…

I want to thank my colleague for yielding me time to voice my opposition to the rule which provides for consideration of H.R. 200. As it is currently written, H.R. 200 would undermine the conservation gains we have made over the last 2…

I have a motion to instruct conferees at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Carbajal moves that the managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on the motion to instruct conferees will be followed by a 5-minute vote on the motion to…

This July, our Nation will come together to celebrate American Grown Flower Month and the contributions of the cut flower industry to our country. The cut-flower industry generates thousands of jobs across our State and produces $1.13…

I appreciate your patriotism, but I think we all do it for our country. But our men and women in the military, as well as the civilian workforce that supports our national security deserve to have good benefits.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 131, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $8,000,000)''. Page 132, line 10, after…