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

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for being here tonight and for those thought-provoking and very well- intended words. As our next speaker comes to the podium, let me mention the issue of archaeology. Archaeology is one of the reasons…

These policies incentivize terrorism. With this legislation, we are forcing the PA to choose between U.S. assistance and these morally reprehensible policies.

I thank my friend from California (Mr. LaMalfa) for his sincere words. When National Bible Week was started in 1941, even though that has only been 76 years, the Bible itself has been celebrated by Americans since the beginning of our…

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

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 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 the gentleman from Louisiana for his wonderful thoughts. He quoted some of the Presidents in our great country's history. I have two more quotes along with that same line. The gentleman mentioned Ronald Reagan, ``The Gipper.'' In…

I thank the chairman for his great work throughout this whole process leading the committee and getting this to the finish line, but we need to push it over the finish line. Mr. Speaker, for 56 years, this bill has been the primary way in…

I want to thank our ranking member, Eliot Engel, for collaborating with me on this bipartisan text that we are taking up today.

Maybe just a very narrow exception to the Jones Act, possibly, just as we need to look at environmental regulation waivers.

I would like to commend one of our Representatives who is here today, Representative Velazquez, for speaking out on this issue.

I want to thank Congresswoman Pingree for coming before the Subcommittee today to testify on her bill.

The Water, Power and Oceans Subcommittee meets today to consider three bills that nearly span the wide range of our Subcommittee's jurisdiction.

Mr. Young's bill supports the partnership between NOAA and companies such as Fugro that have access to the resources and advanced technologies that can map the ocean floor in a fraction of the time.

What our bill would do, is make sure we dedicate resources for this specific work.

While NOAA has covered a lot of ground with this program, inferior techniques and technologies have aided in a significant backlog of U.S. waters that are not adequately mapped.

Your input is extremely valuable as we work through the legislative process.

This bill, championed by the Alaska delegation in the House--the entire delegation--and the Senate reauthorizes NOAA's critical ocean surveying and mapping program.

While it may not be a surprise that a Federal agency has been slow to adopt efficient techniques and technologies, the private sector has stepped up to the challenge.

I cannot overstate how critical it is, especially for this Committee, to have a state perspective on resource management activities.

I do want to thank Representative Pingree for putting forth this bill.

The time and money wasted by Federal agencies and those impacted by their decisions is frustrating and unnecessary.

While dams provide clean, renewable energy throughout the West, they also provide other important benefits to their regions, including flood control, providing irrigation for some of the most productive agricultural areas of the Nation…

I am surprised to be saying this, but former President Barack Obama summed up the need for this bill as well as any of us here could.