Doug Lamborn

We have talked a lot about information campaigns by the U.S. and how that is important. But sanctions in other human rights arenas has been very effective.

I am really glad to hear that. To accomplish that and the acceleration you talked about, and I am totally in support and really happy to see that.

I have had Good Samaritan legislation pass, not a global solution, a more modest step that would take us part way down the road.

I wouldn't want to give them a get out of jail free card if they have acquired a property that has historic mining waste that they are legally obliged to clean up, but if they are just working next door to abandoned mines and they have no…

One thing that seems to be coming out from your testimony is that it is possible to let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

As North Korea continues to expand its ballistic missile and nuclear capabilities, it has also been testing newly developed systems, which I think is a real problem.

I believe that it is a good thing that it is being proposed that we have more options, like low-yield weapons or sea-launched intermediate cruise missiles.

I am not going to ask about the Paris Accord, because that is really not the topic that we were supposed to be discussing today.

We really want to protect Guam; we also want to protect Hawaii. That goes absolutely without saying.

The NPR puts considerable focus on three elements of our nuclear deterrent that sometimes receive scant attention.

Without any of these three, we simply do not have a nuclear deterrent in this country.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for having this important hearing.

Thank you, Chairman Lamborn, Ranking Member Huffman, and members of the Subcommittee for the opportunity to provide this testimony.

I also look forward to more bipartisanship as you agree with us on some of our legislation.

H.R. 4465 extends the use of CRSP power revenues to be used through 2023, which also happens to fall in line with the recovery deadline for these programs.

We must not lose fact of the end goal of this program: recover and get these four species de-listed.

Today, we will consider H.R. 4465, the Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017, sponsored by our new colleague from Utah, John Curtis, and joined by a bipartisan group of co-sponsors from the affected states, including…

This bill provides water users in my state and throughout the West with the certainty needed to pursue and invest in these projects.

We need to get serious about our water future, and this bill is a step in the right direction.

It has now become, in many cases, nothing more than a weapon to stop or delay any kind of development

I thank the gentleman from Texas for his words and for focusing our attention on the U.S. Constitution and some other great things, as well. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Estes). He won a special election and is…

I thank the gentleman for those profound and heartfelt words that he has just shared with us. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway).

I thank the gentlewoman for her heartfelt remarks. Many of the early American settlers came to the New World with the express purpose of following the Bible according to the convictions of their own consciences. One of the first acts of…

I thank my colleague from Missouri for her wise words and thought-provoking words. I yield to the gentlewoman from South Dakota (Mrs. Noem).

I want to thank Congressman Joe Wilson for authoring H.R. 3542, the Hamas Human Shields Prevention Act.