The ranking member asked what the purpose is, and I would be glad to answer that. We have over $19 trillion of debt. We are running up huge annual deficits in this country. We do not have a major war going on right now, and we do not have…

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. Vacating Demand for Recorded Vote on Amendment Offered By Mr…

I thank you for the opportunity to speak about this amendment to the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2017. This amendment zeroes out several Federal agency programs that have been in the business of…

I appreciate the gentleman's support of this amendment and not opposition to this amendment. This amendment simply says that the military must determine the most cost-effective method. It does not ban renewables at all. Mr. Chair, I…

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 subtitle B of title III, add the following new section: SEC. 3__. ALTERNATIVE ENERGY USE OF…

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak about this amendment to the 2017 NDAA. Since taking office in 2009, President Obama's administration has forced its green energy agenda on the American people despite the devastating costs. For…

The fact that this amendment requires the military to choose the most cost-effective energy source allows the military to spend its money on those priorities, rather than on energy. I would ask my colleagues to support this amendment. I…

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. The Committee will rise informally. The Speaker pro tempore (Mr…

I thank Sheriff Reichert and others who have so eloquently spoken and recognize the importance of this week. Police Week gives us the opportunity to honor and thank those law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line to protect…

I see it happening in Colorado. When farmers can't afford water their crops lie withering in the fields.

One of the beauties of Wyoming is this common sense. Does that encourage or discourage people from filing lawsuits...

the effect is really twofold. On the one hand, where a species should be delisted it would take much longer...

I thank the gentleman from Florida. Mr. Speaker, the Obama administration somehow missed the class in civics about separation of powers, checks and balances, and so many other issues from our Constitution. Thankfully, the Supreme Court can…

If you claim a credible fear, if you say that you're seeking asylum, you're going to be treated the same by the Border Patrol.

If the law changed, we could arrange, in the situation where they are not victims of human smuggling or seeking asylum, we could arrange for those individuals to be returned to those countries without going through the 5- to 7-year hearing…

So would you need an act of Congress to require--obviously we are not going to name a company or a particular technology, but we would certainly require opioids to be dispensed in some kind of safe container.

We are now dealing with a situation where there are a huge number of young people who get these opioids from their parents' medicine cabinet.

The Constitution lays out a very clear picture of how our government works. In Article I, section 8, the Founding Fathers gave Congress the duty to create laws. More importantly, Article I gave Congress the authority to ``establish a…

I thank the gentlewoman from Wyoming, my friend and law school classmate, for her great leadership on this issue. I am proud to come from a State that was not only the first to give women the right to vote, but the first to elect women to…

And that demand for ethanol drives up food prices?

So many of us believe the RFS is a failure because we have standards that are arbitrarily set and somehow the marketplace is supposed to react.

Isn't that a better way to determine ethanol consumption in this country than to have either Congress or the EPA make that decision for consumers?

the damage done both to our prestige, you know, the symbolism of that failed investment and the taxpayer here to me outweighs the risk of making an investment.

You indicated that the ethanol production raises food prices.

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 4, line 1, strike ``the defendant or defendants'' and insert ``a defendant''. Page 4, line 5, after…