On Wednesday, January 13th, I had to return to the district to attend to urgent constituent business related to the Aliso Canyon gas leak. Had I been present for the day's vote series, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 44, the…

Today I would like to commemorate the retirement of Stu Witt. Stu is retiring from the commercial Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California. He started his career at CSUN and went on to a naval career where he flew F-14s off the John…

Today, I would like to address an issue of critical importance to our Nation's security: the Long Range Strike Bomber. Since World War II, our defense has relied on the ability to respond quickly to any threats to our national security…

I thank Congresswoman Hartzler for her leadership in this role. This is of vital importance. I want to start this discussion with just a little bit of reference. When I got elected 9 months ago, everyone said: You have to go to Congress…

I appreciate Mr. Culberson putting this together and allowing us time to talk about our heroes on the street. During your shift as a police officer or as a sheriff's deputy, you go into roll call or you go into briefing and start your day…

If we do not do something today, then when? When do we do something? When do we go back to our constituents and say that we are actually working on the number one priority in California? A State without water is dead. I did a tele-town…

I want to first thank the House Appropriations Committee for fully funding the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, program. The SOFIA program is something that is stationed in my district. It is a 747 airplane with a…

I want to thank the majority leader for bringing this forward. This is a vital piece of legislation. The majority leader brings up a subject that is always very important to me. It happened on December 17, 1903. It happened in a little…

This is California Aerospace Week. California is rich in our history of flight. In my district alone, we have seen the sound barrier broken for the first time and the ultimate airspeed record set, and many other flights from the F-80…

I have gotten to sit during this debate, and for the last hour or more I got to listen to nobody arguing, nobody wondering that this is a bad idea, nobody saying that this is something we shouldn't do. When you walk around your…