I am glad that my colleague from Minnesota acknowledged that it is required under the law for Fish and Wildlife Service to do these 5-year reviews. I thank her for admitting that. Their budget is approximately $1.4 billion, and they are…

I have one other amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by…

Will the gentlewoman yield? Ms. McCOLLUM. I yield to the gentleman from Colorado.

All I will say in response is that this is a subspecies--actually, it is not even a species or subspecies. It should have never been listed in the first place. The science shows that it is actually part of the Bear Lodge jumping mouse…

I thank the gentleman from Montana for yielding. Mr. Chairman, current Federal coal valuation rules have provided stable and significant royalty revenue to State, tribal, and Federal governments. Despite this tract record, the Department…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I just want to point out that what you are talking about would be in the future. I am talking about the current status of them not following the law by doing the reviews. Ms. McCOLLUM. Reclaiming my time, they do not have the funding…

Demand for copper is projected to outstrip supply sometime after 2017 with a deficit increasing to 10 million tons by 2028.

Where is the accountability? When we have poor management, whether it is forecasting the budget, or whether it is poor construction projects, where is the accountability?

I am still deeply disturbed and disappointed by the additional time and money that it is going to take.

The legislation requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to more efficiently develop domestic sources of the minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to United States' economic and…

I absolutely agree that we shouldn't expect that they are going to go home, and we should plan that this is--these are not just refugees, these are--many of these people are going to be new citizens essentially of Jordan.

I can't imagine that it is a military decision to not take out known military assets, so there must be a political reason.

I want to thank Congressman Steve Israel and Congresswoman Gwen Graham for working together with me on this bipartisan effort in the defense bills, as well as now in the Intelligence Authorization Act. I would also like to thank Chairman…

I will be offering and then withdrawing this amendment because of a point of order on the timing of the budget outlays that we are not able to reconcile at this point in time. But I want to thank the chairman of the subcommittee, Chairman…

Reclaiming my time, I appreciate the subcommittee chairman's words, and I will certainly work with him on that effort. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 14, line 13, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(reduced by $10,290,000)''. Page 33, line 3, after the…

I was unavoidably detained on account of a flight delay. Had I been present I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall vote 309, ``aye'' on rollcall vote 310, ``aye'' on rollcall vote 311, ``aye'' on rollcall vote 312, ``aye'' on rollcall vote…

They believe their son would still be alive had he received better care.

Why was their son who had been documented with having suicidal thoughts or ideation not referred to suicide prevention?

Unfortunately, it comes too late for one of my Colorado Springs families.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

Let me respond to that by saying that The Wall Street Journal published an article on January 27 of this year which quotes what the ACLU uncovered through a Freedom of Information Act request to the Department of Justice. In pertinent…

Earlier this year, an email uncovered by the ACLU revealed that the Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, collaborated on a plan to use automatic license plate readers to…

that healthcare can be awarded without regard to any law that would otherwise require the use of competitive procedures for furnishing of care and services