To me that is very extreme. And this has to do something with the goal of no hydrocarbons by the year 2030, 11 years from now.

Thank you both for being here. And I was on the border a week ago today, in the Brownsville, McAllen area.

I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for his remarks on Deuteronomy which contains, among others, the passages, the reciting of the Ten Commandments. I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Budd).

I thank the gentleman for his remarks. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Jody B. Hice).

I would like to inquire from the Speaker how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Smucker). The gentleman from Colorado has 30 seconds remaining.

I want to thank everyone who came here. I appreciate their great comments. Thousands of years ago, Isaiah said: ``The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.'' Civilizations have come and gone; people have…

My friend from Michigan mentioned a few things about the founding of our country, and so I would like to mention this: Many of the early American settlers came to the New World with the express purpose of following the Bible according to…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for his contribution to tonight's Special Order. He mentioned a passage that was also referenced by Ronald Reagan, and let me highlight that with you, because throughout American history, many of our…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for his words. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman).

I thank the gentleman for those remarks. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. King).

I thank the gentleman for his words and for his service to our country. The gentleman mentioned: How do we know this book is true? People put a lot of faith in it, sometimes to the point of death, but how do they know it is really true…

I thank the gentleman for his work on that important and vital piece of legislation. I would now like to yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert).

I thank my colleague for being here tonight and for all of his work in Congress. We are honored to have him as one of our colleagues. I appreciate his service as a veteran for many years in the U.S. Marine Corps. Mr. Speaker, I am going to…

I thank the gentleman for his remarks and his words. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Loudermilk).

It is a great honor for me to come before the House and be on the floor tonight to commemorate National Bible Week. This is an opportunity to celebrate the tremendous influence of the Bible on the freedoms we enjoy today in America. We are…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin).

I am pleased to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Dunn), who introduced the bill.

I thank my colleague and friend across the aisle, Mr. Brown, for his work on this bill. It was a good collaboration. I appreciate his remarks tonight, and I appreciate what he did. I look forward to working with him in the future. Mr…

Some people say that they want to protect the salmon, but when it came time to vote to protect the salmon, they abandoned the salmon, in my opinion.

The Committee meets today to conduct an oversight hearing entitled 'The Federal Columbia River Power System: The Economic Lifeblood and Way of Life for the Pacific Northwest.'

I want to thank Representative Newhouse. This morning you helped me, you led a tour of the Ice Harbor Dam.

What often gets lost in the conversations inside the beltway is the impact that this Federal infrastructure has on the lives of real people.

I want to give a special thanks to Representatives Dan Newhouse and Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who have been passionate and effective advocates for you back in Washington, DC.

The Subcommittee meets today to consider two Bureau of Reclamation title transfer bills that give local control of critical water facilities and infrastructure to the local entities that already operate and maintain those facilities.

Facilitating these types of title transfers remains a priority for this Subcommittee.