Doug Lamborn

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the following: limitation on use of funds Sec…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the following: limitation on use of funds Sec…

I would disagree that we have not put in safeguards. We put in a safeguard that my colleague who just spoke offered in committee. He offered an amendment, and we adopted it in the spirit of fair play and bipartisanship, that Congress be…

We often see the U.N.'s bureaucracy as being slow and ineffective.

I claim the time in opposition to this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado is recognized for 5 minutes.

We have no objection to this amendment, as modified. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Colorado is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

We have no objection to this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Colorado is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I would only say that, when there is a population of 300,000 sea lions, I would not call that endangered. They are protected under a Federal law, but they are not found to be endangered or threatened, as far as I know. Mr. Chairman, I…

I want to applaud the Trump administration that, at least in the area of trade, that there is pushback going on now with talk of tariffs.

I sometimes have gotten the impression that people that don't understand the situation assume that if there are unused permits in the inventories out there, then it really doesn't matter if there are huge delays going on.

Look, none of us want to aid in the spread of invasive species.

While the Lacey Act is a relatively unknown law to the average American, this law--and specifically the 2008 amendments--can have sweeping impacts to a myriad of domestic industries.

I think it is worthy of discussion.

It is the duty of Congress to inspect these laws and ensure that they are not unfairly treating our citizens.

None of us want to aid in the spread of invasive species, and that is not what today's hearing is about.

The act of shark finning has been illegal in the United States since the passage of the Shark Finning Prohibition Act of 2000.

Today, the Subcommittee meets to consider three fisheries bills.

We must make investments in advanced technology today to prepare for tomorrow's threats.

Scalable, efficient, and compact high-energy lasers could change future missile defense architectures.

Is the Department embracing the revised direction to provide a robust, layered defense against the increasingly complex missile threat posed by our peer adversaries?

I am really glad to hear that because, as we go into the budget, some folks may argue that having additional options is destabilizing.

I think we should stress the point that, even as we stay in the treaty... we are legitimately allowed to do research for non-compliant systems.

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis' 2018 [Nuclear] Posture Review offers continuity with past U.S. policy and plans, including those in the 2010 NPR. It deserves broad bipartisan support. Its proposal for a low-yield SLBM weapon and a new…

What happens to democratic institutions in the United States and in Australia if we don't push back on the kind of influence that they are trying to exert on our political institutions as a democracy?

No matter what the President does or doesn't do, he is going to be criticized.