Colorado is home to over 400,000 of our Nation's veterans--men and women who have fought to protect our freedom in conflicts around the world. These men and women are often some of the most respected individuals in our communities, which…

It has recently come to light that this administration may have sent the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism as much as $33 billion in cash and gold payments over the last 2 years. American lives have been lost because of Iran's…

Is there a distinction with a difference when we deliver $400 million on pallets in the dead of night to Iran?

This legislation empowers regulators to make sure that rules, regulations and compliance requirements only apply to segments of the industry where warranted.

The opioid abuse epidemic has tragically touched every corner of this Nation with over half of all drug overdoses linked to prescription opioids. At least once a day someone in my home State of Colorado loses a friend or family member due…

I thank the chairman. I thank my colleague from Minnesota, Representative Emmer, for offering this piece of legislation that is under consideration today. Mr. Speaker, the Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act places the FSOC…

The United States is blessed with nearly 30 percent of the world's coal reserves--more than twice that of the nearest coal reserve country, Russia, and three times as much as China. Colorado is America's 10th leading coal producer. In…

I truly think that there is a broader lesson for government, not just in Puerto Rico, at the Commonwealth level, but for our States, for our Federal Government, as well, when we look over to Greece.

At this time of year, we are starting to work on budgets in Washington, D.C. The President recently proposed his eighth budget. If we want to give credit to the President, he is consistent. He believes that we are just one tax increase…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, we found some common ground. The ranking member was just talking about listening to Operation Choke Point. I think that is important for every American, because we are talking about freedom…

So that probably ties back to Dr. Stone's comments that candidate Obama rather than President Obama was being reckless.

I thank my friend from Ohio for the opportunity to be able to provide some remarks this evening. It is no secret that American coal production and coal-fired electric generation is experiencing regulatory and legal obstacles at every turn…

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Kentucky, Representative Barr, for offering this piece of legislation. This bipartisan Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act responsibly expands access to…

Reducing the regulatory burden for Main Street job creators like small banks and credit unions is certainly an important topic.

H.R. 2896, the Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operational Risk, or the TAILOR Act, which I introduced with Representative Barr, is a legislative relief effort designed to give financial regulators the ability to appropriately…

Community banks are a crucial source of credit for many across the Nation, but these banks are currently facing an ever-increasing regulatory burden that they can no longer shoulder. These misguided regulations are resulting in a…

Can you understand some of the frustration, the position that you put yourself in----

If you had an unlimited budget, what do we do, going forward, given what we have seen out of the Gold King Mine?

I think that is a lot of frustration of the committee work.

Are you revealing the locations of all these mines?

Do you feel that it is going to be important to be able to reach out and give that notification in advance of potential spill areas?

I thank the chairman and the ranking member for their support on this legislation. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1554 is a straightforward bill, which Congressman Polis and I introduced, to reconfirm the private ownership of 140 acres of land in my…

I have talked to engineers, miners that work in that area. They would not have proceeded the way that the EPA did.

In my opinion, when you look at the government-to-government relationships and trust responsibility, that is way too long.

We had heard that, as well, and found it incredibly disturbing that the EPA was trying to be able to get a waiver for the Navajo Nation people in particular.