I wish the EPA had been doing that at the Gold King Mine back in Colorado.

Today, there are as many as a half-million abandoned mines across the United States.

If people clean up abandoned mine lands voluntarily, they should not have unlimited, infinite liability.

All fishermen deserve the right to fish, and that is what this bill helps give them.

We can maintain sustainability while also increasing access to our waters for all.

Time and again, this Committee has heard from many commercial and recreational fishermen and the businesses that depend on them about the need for more transparent science and flexibility for regional fishery managers.

Congress can and should do something about this.

All fishermen deserve the right to fish and that's what this bill helps give them.

Our public lands and waters should be open to the public.

Congressman Young has been a longtime leader of Federal fisheries management issues, and we greatly benefit from having his expertise on these issues here in this Committee.

I thank Chairman Thornberry for yielding and for his great work leading us on the NDAA. I would like to address two amendments that are coming up in en bloc packages. First of all, on Iran, my amendment to the NDAA, No. 361, requires the…

How much time does each side have? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado has 2 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Tennessee has 1\1/4\ minutes remaining.

If there is any evidence that MDA or DOD does not favor this amendment, I sure haven't seen it, and I would like to see that produced so I could see that. At this point, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Rogers), my…

The goal of this amendment is simple: given the rising nuclear and ballistic missile threat from North Korea and Iran, we have a renewed urgency to do everything we can to make sure that the Missile Defense Agency goes as fast and as far…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 681, line 15, insert ``(a) Integration of Patriot Missiles Into Integrated Master Test Plan.--''…

I appreciate the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cooper), my colleague. He is very sincere in what he says. I believe we have so many checks and balances that we will not be buying things that don't work. But, we need to unshackle MDA so…

As my colleagues know, just one successful ballistic missile attack on U.S. territory or forward deployed forces or allies would carry an enormous cost of life and treasure. I am pleased that we are finally making some real progress in…

I thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Cook), a valuable member of the Committee on Natural Resources, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, today, we are here to consider a bill that aims to remove barriers to improve our Nation's water and…

I yield an additional 1 minute to the gentleman from California. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chair, if you want to misuse our environmental laws to block any new water storage, well, then you should vote against this bill. We will continue to see…

I am very pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from the great State of California (Mr. McCarthy), our majority leader. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his work on this. Mr. Chairman, I…

Today, the House meets for the second day in a row to consider another infrastructure bill that has come from the House Natural Resources Committee and its Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans, of which I have the honor of chairing. My…

We support the amendment. It improves the bill by expanding opportunities for increased water storage across the West. I urge its adoption. Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.

The subcommittee that I chair, the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, has an active infrastructure agenda.

How do these kinds of bills that would remove bureaucratic obstacles and streamline America's water resource developments fit into the Department's goals?

Again, being an advocate, rather than an adversary, is a big change.