today, I rise in support of S.J. Res. 9, providing for congressional disapproval of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's rule regarding the lesser prairie-chicken under the Congressional Review Act. Since I was 10 years old, my family has…

There's not a single person on our side of the aisle that wants the country to default on its debt.

I want to leave this world cleaner, healthier and safer than we found it.

When we see grocery prices going up 20, 25 percent. Energy costs, oil and gas, utility costs as well, going up over 30 percent, that is an attack on hardworking Americans.

This administration's policies have been an attack on certainly American energy.

I have never had a tougher time talking to farmers and ranchers than I am right now.

Kansans are working every day to protect our environment and conserve precious resources our Ag economy needs to thrive.

Farmers and ranchers are the original stewards of the land.

DU has certainly been a shining beacon across the Nation, from Kansas to Arkansas to Minnesota and places in between.

I do appreciate you holding this hearing today.

The FaceTime is a great, simple way to do some of the inspections, it would seem to me.

farmers and ranchers were the original environmentalists, but right behind them have been the hunters and the fishermen and women as well.