Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in support of this bill. This is the sixth bill that we've considered on the House floor, which means the House is nearly halfway done with its appropriations bills for fiscal year…

Thank you, Chairman Aderholt, for yielding the time. Mr. Chairman, this is the 10th anniversary bill for this subcommittee. We began work in 2003, and the first three speakers that are on the platform today are the three chairmen of that…

Appalachia confronts a combination of challenges that few other parts of the country face: mountainous terrain and isolation, a dispersed population, inadequate infrastructure, a lack of financial and human resources, and a weak track…

The Obama administration has not been shy about its desire to wipe out our Nation's use of fossil energy resources. Mining permits in Kentucky and eastern America have ground to a halt. Oil and gas leasing on Federal lands and our Outer…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank the chairman for that generous offer. Mr. Chairman, this is a good bill. It is a hard-fought bill. It is a tough bill, and I want to commend the chairman and the ranking member for their hard work because the allocation to this…

He lost the vision of the second eye simply because the veterans hospital could not get access to the military hospital after he was injured, I assume, from the hospital in Germany. That is unforgivable, that two Federal Agencies both…

I thank the chairman for yielding the time. Madam Chair, I rise in support of this bill. Earlier this week, we celebrated Memorial Day--a day to commemorate those warfighters who made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of our great Nation…

Madam Chairwoman, my district has historically lagged behind others in the Commonwealth and in the Nation, which is why I have made the economic development of rural Kentucky my top priority since coming to Congress. Creating jobs in a…

Madam Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank the chairman for yielding the time. I rise in strong support of this bill. This bill, the first for fiscal '13, marks one of the earliest starts to the appropriations process in recent memory, which is a good sign for moving all 12…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this bill. In article I, section 9, clause 7, the U.S. Constitution bestows upon Congress what we now call the ``power of the purse''--that the representatives of…