I do have an amendment that would restrict funds for the Bahamian Government contingent upon their cooperation of simply sharing information and discussing this with the chairman and the ranking member of the State, Foreign Operations, and…

I start by thanking my friend, Chairman Diaz-Balart for his hard work on State and Foreign Operations appropriations legislation. I know he and his staff have worked tirelessly over the last several months to get this bill in the position…

I am glad that my friends are concerned about the environment. I am.

Let me be very clear, because there seems to be a lot of confusion.

And, of course, I said that in jest, suggesting that my friends were indicating that there was some Republican administration that had set those figures.

I would like to create economic activity, employment in the United States, and specifically down in the areas where our communities live and work, where we have higher wages.

Congress is right to step in on behalf of American families and small businesses to ensure we can keep energy prices down and energy security strong.

I can't even begin to tell you my concern about the lack of understanding of how NEPA works.

I want to be very clear, he is my friend. He is my friend. I go to dinner with him, I have hosted him in Louisiana. I am still waiting for that invite to California that I know after 5 years is coming.

API appreciates the intent of the BRIDGE Production Act and the forward thinking of Congressman Graves in introducing this bill.

But again, there is a tipping of the scale there as a result of subsidies that are in the bill in terms of disrupting economics that would otherwise just be balanced based upon natural factors.

Isn't it somewhat absurd that people are alleging that you would shoot yourself, or your community and your family in the foot?

Refusing to make good use of an integral piece of American energy security is irresponsible policy and bad for the environment.

Higher energy prices increase the price of everything--from groceries to lumber to clothing to appliances--pulling money from our pockets and boosting inflation.

I am glad that my friends are so concerned about economics, because we watched recently where the Federal Government, BLM, actually reduced royalty rates for solar projects in California, once again ignoring economics or fair market value.

A price hangover from the highest inflation in 40 years remains, and gas is more expensive today than it was last year, heading toward $4 a gallon.

Americans deserve relief at the pump, and everywhere else they shop.

I want to be very clear that what you see happening here is this is an argument of convenience for, I am afraid, people in this room that folks are trying to distort facts and trying to shove their arguments into places where they clearly…

If you were to take 1 year, 1 year of LNG that was sent, liquefied natural gas or natural gas that was supplied to Europe, supplied to the European Union from Russia, from Vladimir Putin, and replaced it with U.S. LNG, you would have…

So, in the case of a technology that has been around for, I don't know, 40 or 50 years, it kind of seems like at some point, if it can't stand on its own two feet, maybe we should look elsewhere or do something else.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 119, after line 18, insert the following: Sec. 775A. None of the funds made available by this Act may…

In 1996 this Congress came together to work on a bipartisan basis and enact work requirements for welfare programs. Mr. Chairman, let me be very clear. The United States needs a social safety net. We need a social welfare program--let me…

I will respond to my friend's comments. I actually agree with what he said, and, fortunately, he is not making any reference to my amendment. Let's be clear on what happens here. These are Federal funds; so, yes, absolutely, the Federal…

This legislation is related, as you heard, to the duck stamp. In 1932, President Roosevelt signed into law legislation that authorized the duck stamp that allowed for hunters to get this stamp in order to go hunt waterfowl. This program…

In 2013, legislation was signed into law that created an electronic duck stamp. The thought there was that with the internet and with the ability to improve access to compliance, we would allow for a digital duck stamp to provide 45 days…