I thank my friend, Mr. Rothfus, for bringing this bill up today. Mr. Speaker, I rise in favor of legislation I introduced with my colleague from New Mexico, Steve Pearce. H.R. 6411, the FinCEN Improvement Act, is a straightforward bill…

I thank Mr. Nadler. Mr. Speaker, I agree with Mr. Gianforte and with Mr. Cuellar. We have outstanding men and women in Immigration and Customs Enforcement. I am not going to do anything to disparage the many good men and women that we…

Some of the most vulnerable people are going to be hurt by this; and, it is your job to make sure they are not.

I offer a simple amendment today to increase funding for DOE's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's facilities and infrastructure account by $5 million. Mr. Chair, I would like to thank the chairman and ranking member of the Energy and…

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 21, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $5,000,000)''. Page 32, line 1, after the…

I urge a ``yes'' vote on this amendment. The facilities account at NREL has been held flat. We need to boost and improve some of the equipment there. So I think this is a needed amendment, and I would ask for an ``aye'' vote. Mr. Chair, I…

I thank my friend from Colorado for bringing up these important points, and I wish him well as he goes on about a campaign for Governor in the State of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Tonko), my friend…

I thank my friend from Wisconsin for those comments. He makes so many good points, and he does it in a way that really is understandable by all of us. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), my friend, if he…

I thank the gentleman from Oregon for those comments, who, as always, is very knowledgeable and passionate about the things that really matter to most Americans, and I thank him for being such an advocate for the environment, always, every…

We will wrap up this portion of our Special Orders because I know we have another subject that Ms. Pingree and Mr. Blumenauer and Mr. Tonko would like to address. Mr. Speaker, the seriousness of this subject can't be overstated: the impact…

I thank my friend from Maine. The farm bill--and agriculture and the environment--is always something she cares a lot about, whether it is conversations about milk or eggs or local control, which is really sort of at the heart of her…

I thank my friend from northern California, and his points are really well taken. This investigation, rather than just sort of pushing some paper around, we have had other special counsel appointed from time to time and just in this--some…

Tonight, as we have every other week for the last few months, I want to talk about the Mueller investigation and the kinds of results that are being developed by the FBI, by the Department of Justice, on a lot of very serious topics. The…

I know my friend from Connecticut has some other thoughts, so I yield to him.

My friend from Connecticut has reminded me of something. And I think something that has really infuriated me is the President's attacks on the FBI, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, our chief and top law enforcement agency in this…

The gentleman talked about quid pro quo, and the thing that I am worried about, I serve on the Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee of the Committee on Financial Services, where we deal a lot with sanctions: sanctions against North…

I thank my friend from New York for those comments. I can say, to those who are listening, that Mr. Tonko serves on the Science, Space, and Technology Committee and speaks up about the environment and about concerns about chemicals, the…

I have no other speakers on this. I would ask for an ``aye'' vote on amendment No. 49, and I yield back the balance of my time The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Perlmutter). The…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title V, insert the following: SEC. 5__. HELICOPTER FUEL SYSTEM SAFETY. (a) In…

I want to thank my friend Representative Foxx for bringing up a subject on opioids that is obviously plaguing so many places in America. It is a very topical and important discussion to have. I want to change the subject, Mr. Speaker, and…

I thank my friend from Missouri, and his words, as always, are powerful and right on the mark. We think this is serious business and it is nothing that we take lightly. My friend, Mr. Huffman from California, is somebody who has given this…

I will wrap up here, but I think there is one word we ought to change, because the word doesn't justify or doesn't really describe what occurred with these elections. What occurred with the elections by the Russians was not meddling. It…

And I say to my friend from Pennsylvania--we were talking about the indictments and the guilty pleas--the last time we really had a special counsel appointed was in 2003, and it took 2 years for one indictment. We are a year into this…

I hold out hope for all of the Members of this body to want to have the truth and allow this investigation to run its course. And I hope and expect that the Members--Democrats and Republicans--will support and protect the special counsel…

I'd also like to thank Chairman Smith for convening today's hearing.