John Rutherford

I have been a champion on this effort for some time.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you, Chairman Bentz and Ranking Member Huffman, for having this important hearing today.

We don't need to be doing economic damage to particularly northeast Florida when we have bad data.

Mr. Rutherford's legislation, H.R. 4587, prevents NOAA from implementing draconian fishing closures in the South Atlantic until the South Atlantic Great Red Snapper Count Study is completed.

I would like to go on record I will be co-sponsoring all of the bills that I have heard discussed here today.

Instead of punishing them with bottom closures, let's look at innovative management strategies.

House Republicans, we are simply delivering on our promise to care for the men and women who serve this Nation. I commend Chairwoman Granger and Chairman Carter for having put this bill together in a fiscally responsible manner. Yes, we…

I am a little concerned when we start to rely on those discard numbers in driving our policy.

NOAA closed our seasons because there weren't enough fish. Now, they are closing our season because there are too many fish being caught and discarded.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Leslie and Carlton C. Smith for their high achievement in exportation. Leslie and Carlton's Jacksonville-based heavy equipment exporting business, Heavy Equipment…

Like my good colleague here from Kentucky, I rise today to remind this Chamber that our Founders put Congress in charge of writing our laws, not unelected bureaucrats at Federal agencies. Yet, since taking office, President Biden has…

I thank my good friend from Texas for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the Second Amendment, which undergirds all the other amendments, is the only amendment in the U.S. Constitution to include the following four words: ``shall not be infringed.''…

I appreciate the gentlewoman yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, as we move into National Police Week, I rise in support of two bills that will help make our officers safer out on the street. The first is H.R. 2494, commonly called the…

I thank the gentleman for his kind remarks. Now, Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pascrell) for any closing remarks he would like to make tonight.

Although the gentleman and I may not agree on everything, we do agree on the Law Enforcement Equity Act. As a cosponsor, I hope we can get that over the line. I think that would do a great service to our law enforcement communities out…

I appreciate this time as we have our bipartisan Special Order hour to honor law enforcement officers all across America to talk about our back the blue. This evening, as we begin, I am joined by so many of my colleagues on both sides of…

Those are true words from the heart. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pascrell) again for an introduction.

I thank Mr. Stauber for his service. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman), my good friend and someone who has had a life of service himself in the State legislature at all levels.

I really do appreciate the work that we have been able to do on the law enforcement caucus serving together as co-chairs, and I look forward to the many more opportunities to come together and work. I thank everyone for making this Special…

It is my pleasure to introduce another law enforcement officer. He spent 23 years of his life serving Minnesota's Duluth Police Department. He is also an original cosponsor of the Protect and Serve Act. Madam Speaker, I yield to the…

I thank the gentleman for coming with us and joining on law enforcement issues. He is one of the hardest workers across the aisle I know. I can't tell him how much I appreciate his friendship. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from…

I thank the gentlewoman for the comments tonight. I know, as a law enforcement officer, that our 911 dispatchers are so overlooked, I think, by our communities, what they do for those men and women out there on the streets. Madam Speaker…

246 officers from the State of Florida: Officer Christopher Gibson, Detective Joseph Anthony Tripoli, Deportation Officer William Hayes, Trooper John Sumter Horton, Deputy Sheriff Bryan Vannatta, Officer Bart Lane Arnold, Officer Jesus…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, throughout my life, I have answered a call to public service. For 40 years I dedicated my career to serving in law enforcement--12 of which I led as sheriff. I know from firsthand…

Last year when you were in front of this committee, we discussed the supply chain concerns that the power companies were facing when it comes to equipment.