Garret Graves: “Our economy would suffer an incredible 15 percent revenue reduction per year should permits not be approved.”

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

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

The reason that we purchased Alaska was largely the geography, as well as the natural resources, and the abundance of that State is profound and just critically important.

I want to publicly thank Representative Hoyle for her work on the bill. It is a great bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Ezell).