I thank my colleague from Illinois for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the Department of Energy's Cheney Disposal Cell in Mesa County, Colorado, is a critical component of the DOE legacy management mission to protect public health and the…

I have no further requests for time on this legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I do appreciate the opportunity to be able to speak in support of the bipartisan Land Ownership Collaboration Accelerates Life Act, otherwise known as the LOCAL Act.

I would like to thank my colleague from West Virginia for the time. The Department of Energy's Cheney disposal cell in Mesa, Colorado, is a critical component of DOE legacy management's mission to be able to protect public health and the…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. This is really about creating jobs on American soil, creating opportunities, literally, for our families to be able to have better prospects for the future. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to be…

With the opioid and heroin crisis, the American people are currently facing one of the worst drug epidemics in our Nation's history. My State of Colorado is certainly not immune. In my travels throughout the Third Congressional District…

I supported the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act because, as a former small-business owner, I know the immense challenges a complex Tax Code can present to business owners, workers, and families alike. When H.R. 1 was signed into law, it opened the…

For too long, there has been a culture of disregard for our community financial institutions out of Washington, D.C. Regulations that were intended to bring discipline to the Nation's largest institutions have instead suffocated Main…

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 538, after line 23, add the following new section: SEC. 8506. WEST FORK FIRE STATION. (a)…

West Fork is in a remote part of Dolores County, Colorado, surrounded by the San Juan National Forest. Emergency and fire response is a challenge in this part of the county because the closest fire station is currently 26 miles away. The…

I think that we have actually found some common ground when our colleague is saying, let's use science. Effectively, that is what we are talking about with this amendment, to be able to have analysis, to be able to have project planning…

I think we need to be trying to move to a win-win, rather than a win-lose scenario.

I thank Chairman McClintock and also Representative Hanabusa for their support on this important piece of legislation, which ultimately creates a win not only for the local community property rights, but also for our forest system, as…

The regulatory relief bill that passed the Senate just a few short weeks ago was crafted to get past the 60-vote cloture threshold. Our Senate colleagues are now asking the House to pass that deal without amendment because they don't have…

I thank the chairman for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Florida (Mr. Ross) for introducing this important measure being considered today. Mr. Speaker, the Dodd-Frank Act introduced into our Nation's capital a new…

I do appreciate the efforts of our two colleagues to be able to look at resources to actually help the crumbling infrastructure that we are seeing on a lot of our public lands, and trying to get a sustainable revenue system for that.

I have called for responsible, all-of-the-above energy policy on our Federal lands that includes, and we enumerate it in the bill, wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, natural gas, oil, oil shale, coal.

I would respectfully disagree. I think that final assessment, as I read through that bill, it is actually also calling for renewable resources, not just oil and gas.

I appreciate the opportunity today to be able to advance an important piece of bipartisan legislation. The Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act seeks to bring fairness to the Federal financial regulators' examination…

I thank Chairman Hensarling for his leadership on this issue, as well, and for considering this bipartisan legislation today. Mr. Speaker, the ever-growing burden and complexity of financial regulations is creating an environment of…

I would like to thank the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Buck) for the time, and I appreciate consideration of the rule here today. Mr. Speaker, both of the bills being considered under this rule amount to real relief for our Nation's…

I thank the chairman for this time to be able to speak to an important piece of legislation. In my home State of Colorado, we have a tale of two economies. The urban areas have realized economic recovery since 2008, while the more rural…

We must also make sure that we provide certainty for the future generations, that their way of life will be preserved as well.

Our current system of dysfunction on spending measures will leave a wealth of uncertainty for our future generations.

I really support the idea of being able to return to regular order in the appropriations process.