Hal Rogers: “we will be taking an unprecedented look at how the world has shifted and how we must shift with it.”

I thank the gentlewoman for the introduction. Mr. Speaker, I want to salute Chairman DeLauro and Ranking Member Granger of the full committee for putting together a final appropriations package for the year. It is a fair compromise that…

Illegal immigration is out of control. There is a crisis at our Southern Border and just like you need to be an American citizen to vote, I think that you should be an American citizen to be counted in the census.

I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky, my close friend, whose district was the hardest hit and whose constituents along with all those impacted are in our prayers.

I request an expansion of Section 202 of the Energy and Water Development Act of 1981 to include the North and South Forks of the Kentucky River near Beattyville, KY.