Hal Rogers

The peace agreement included provisions that the FARC demanded, and that is to no longer eradicate and spray.

Well, we have seen buyouts don't work anywhere in the world, including the U.S.

There is a cost there, and it is not a dollar cost, it is a cost in lives.

Infrastructure, of course, is the name of the game this year. We are all tired of traveling on old streets, bridges that are falling, waterways that are not being traversed properly, and the like.

The previous administration proposed cuts, continued cuts, to Guard end strength. But our 2017 bill reversed those cuts to end strength and will add 1,000 Army Guard troops above the 2016 level.

The gentleman and I do not agree on many issues, but I think all of us agree that he has been an outstanding Member of the Congress. He has been a workhorse on our committee, and we are going to miss him. Congratulations to you on a great…

For all of these reasons that you have heard tonight, we need to pass this bill to keep the government operating--and keep the lights on in the government--and to provide the assistance to the Nation's needs, as you have heard described…

I salute the gentleman from Louisiana, who has been tirelessly working to help the people in his district and the State of Louisiana for the terrible disaster that has stricken that State. I thank you for your efforts to share information…

Do safety supports work? And if they do work, what do we need to enhance and change them?

We have to disrupt that and change it.

May I inquire how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hultgren). The gentleman from Kentucky has 13\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from New York has 18 minutes remaining.

We fought for years... to get the pharmaceutical companies to develop abuse-deterrent formulations.

Doctors should avoid using powerful opioids as the first line of defense against pain, saying the risks from such drugs far outweigh the benefits for most people.

We need a holistic, multipronged approach to the epidemic that CDC says we have.

Well, the truth is that power plants cannot possibly physically do what you would require, so they have no choice but to switch to something else. It is impossible, physically impossible, for them to meet your requirements.

There is no question that the Clean Power Plan will fundamentally alter the energy economy in this country and put thousands of hardworking men and women who are employed in the coal industry out of work.

But can you imagine what it must be like for that miner, that father with small children, formerly making $70,000, $80,000, all of a sudden trying to find a job at McDonald's, unsuccessfully, at minimum wage with small children, car…

There are over 10,000 miners in my district who found themselves unemployed as a result of your keep it in the ground strategy when it comes to coal.

One of the big ones being the resiliency challenges facing the coastal tribes in the region I represent...

It is unconscionable that, if true, the Bureau is not demanding full accountability from the inspection program because one of the most basic elements of children's safety is to be in a school facility that is safe.

I was appalled to learn that the Bureau of Indian Education is failing to conduct safety and health inspections for all of its schools.

I do support the President's budget. Some of the initiatives that the President has proposed, well, I think the chairman is correct that they are not likely to see the light of day.

When Congress passed the RESTORE Act, they said that the money cannot be used for administration.

We have to fund our role in that process.

Some of our colleagues thinking that they were being tough on administrative costs, so we were shortsighted.