Garret Graves: “The five Gulf of Mexico states agree upon very little. ... They came together and proposed a solution.”

Closed primaries, they said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.

I don't have any more speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Madam Speaker, today and every day the brave men and women of the United States Coast Guard carry out a critical mission: securing our borders, patrolling our waters, and saving American lives. As vice chair of the Coast Guard and Maritime…

All of these groups are supporting this bill and urging a ``no'' vote on the other bill, H.R. 5342.