This letter, which I think my colleagues will find convincing, has 310 groups that have signed on in support of this rule, including groups from across the ideological spectrum, across the States, many faith-based groups, and many others…

Did the gentleman consider offering that as an amendment to this bill, your other bill, to allow the sale of those asthma inhalers?

As a previous member of the Committee, I was very interested in joining this conversation, and continue to be, about the importance of the Endangered Species Act.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. McNerney The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Redesignate sections 5 and 6 as sections 6 and 7, respectively. Insert after section 4 the following: SEC…

I would like to point out that the Rules Committee granted the necessary waivers to allow this amendment to be considered, as they often do, and this amendment was also considered in a similar bill last session. That is because it is…

I believe most of my Western colleagues agree that the last thing Western states and communities need is the BLM, a Washington agency, conducting a rushed internal review process.

Without the Endangered Species Act, my district and our state's economy would suffer severe damage.

And I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to both this rule and the underlying bill. Instead of coming up with new thoughts or new ideas, here we have another recycled…

Well, I know my friend actually has a bill on the topic of the asthma inhalers, and I can tell you, if this bill becomes law, we will need all the asthma inhalers we can get, so I think your bill will have to go through. I would like to…

During rollcall Vote No. 384 on H.R. 2786, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``no'' when I should have voted ``yes.''

Reclaiming my time, our Rules Committee can waive germaneness. But it would be an appropriate bill to include, as Mr. DeFazio pointed out, ironically, there are some jobs that this bill will create: people selling oxygen on the street…

Colorado is home to 17,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipients. This program is an essential help in our dysfunctional immigration system. It allows young people who only know the U.S. as home to legally reside and…

Since 1973 the Endangered Species Act has rescued dozens of species from extinction, helped more than 2,000 threatened species throughout the country.

No one here voted to let States and school districts fail when we passed the Every Student Succeeds Act.

How can States deal with this uncertainty around the use of funds for teacher and professional development and classroom size reduction that are already included in their plans if the funding goes away?

I do want to highlight actually what our Chair was talking about with Dr. Stevens is the Race to the Top, Early Childhood Learning Challenge Grant Programs.

I just want to express the dissatisfaction of the Democrats and we obviously are not ready to discuss the GAO report because we have not read it.

Support for public investment to make quality early childhood education a reality for every child has broad support from across the political spectrum.

The only winners under this bill are actually a few large agricultural producers who will take all the water, leaving none for many others. This bill is a water grab, plain and simple. The so-called GROW Act provides no new water, but it…

To discuss our proposal, I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from Nevada (Ms. Rosen).

As lawmakers, I hope that my colleagues join me in finding this unacceptable.

I thank the gentleman for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule for providing debate on the National Defense Authorization Act, often called the…

This bill has several other policies I want to address. For one, it ties our participation in the critical New START with Russia to a separate Europe-focused treaty that Russia is not in compliance with. The New START is a nuclear arms…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle A of title X in division A, add the following new section: SEC. ___. REDUCTION OF…