Joel Hefley: “I have an amendment in here that is trying to get rid of the bureaucratic difficulty we have of getting firefighting…”

You said one side of the aisle is not interested in the Ethics Committee proceeding and working. There is enough blame to go around, I have to say. Both sides of the aisles have fouled this process up now. And we need to work together to…

let me tell my colleagues this is a good bill. This recognizes needs that have gone unmet for in some cases seems like generations, and I am not going to go through and describe the bill in its totality because other speakers have done it…

I will keep my hands up here where you can see them. Mr. Chairman, I have enormous respect for you and the committee, and you know that I do. But I am not happy with this rule. And I am not happy with this rule because I think it doesn't…

I come from cattle country out in Colorado. I can tell you that one of the things that has gotten our cattle producers worked up more than anything in recent times is this animal identification program. They are very, very worried about…