Despite some of this historic growth, we have some of our colleagues across the Capitol and in Governor's mansions across the country who are trying to upend our capitalistic system that has benefitted the majority of Americans in this…

In fact, in my State, the unemployment rate is at 2.6 percent.

We hear the President is for the extension, the Senate is for the extension. The problem is, they are not for this piece of legislation. I think it is important to be able to note that the ranking member, once again, on the Committee on…

Yes, in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman qualifies. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Tipton moves to recommit the bill H.R. 823 to the Committee on Natural Resources with…

My district is home to the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, or HAATS. It is both a privilege and an honor representing the U.S. Department of Defense's lone training site where special aviators in the Nation's…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. This is a 5-minute…

I appreciate the opportunity to address the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act on the floor. We want to be able to ensure that the land being transferred from the Forest Service to the National Park Service management comply with…

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 82, line 3, strike ``2,560'' and all that follows through line 8, and insert ``915 acres of land…

I genuinely appreciate my colleague's position on this. In fact, he will probably recall, and I believe he voted for-- and our colleague from Colorado (Mr. Neguse) did as well--my amendment, to be able to recognize the importance of this…

I have all the other issues that I have outlined, and I need those amendments to be able to do that. That does not make the bill bad, but it does make it an imperfect bill.

I think the gentleman mentioned Montrose County. Is it going to be impacted by Curecanti?

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. 6 Offered by Mr. Crow The Acting CHAIR. It is now…

I appreciate the gentleman's comments. I think what is actually important is precisely the words that the gentleman used: unintended consequences that can come. This is a perfecting amendment to be able to make sure that we are codifying…

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 79, line 11, strike ``or''. Page 79, line 15, strike the period and insert ``; or''. Page 79, after…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chair, when it comes to public lands management, Colorado has a long history of balancing the interests of a broad range of stakeholders, including the needs and interests of citizens who may not…

We often hear the comment on this floor on public lands bills: These lands belong to all Americans. I appreciate and I do respect the support for the CORE Act in terms of the individual communities, but I think it belies the lifestyle on…

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 53, after line 15, insert the following: (c) Grazing.--The grazing of livestock on covered land, if…

I thank the gentleman for his support for the amendment. One of the important points of it, as with some of the subsequent amendments that we have, is to make sure that we are codifying the language so that it is understood. Mr. Chair, I…

This is a current memorandum of understanding, something that the Forest Service itself, Chief Deputy Chris French, identified as an appropriate area for continued activities. You know, one of the big challenges that we have in the Third…

I appreciate the gentleman's comments and appreciate his support, actually, for this. This actually shows how we can make progress when we do have communication. In terms of what was going on, something was lacking on some of these issues…

Once again, I appreciate my colleague's comments, his passion. I am glad he has been to Montrose to be able to be there. I hope he spent a lot of money while he was there. We would appreciate that. But it is interesting, going back to a…

I have a piece of legislation called the TAILOR Act, to be able to sculpt regulations to be able to meet the size and the risk portfolio of the institutions, rather than having one-size-fits-all.

I think many of us recall some of the comments after the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, the bigger banks, one CEO had noted, it becomes a moat around those big banks, making it harder for the smaller banks to be able to compete simply…

I think that there has been certainly a lot of concern, particularly from our side of the aisle, that the CFPB has overreached in so many instances.

In the last Congress, I introduced legislation to be able to have the BLM conduct a study on the opportunity to be able to move those headquarters out to the West.