You need the OPC. It is going to give you better capabilities.

Every once in a while, this place works. Recently, we had a National Guardsman, Sergeant Florich, who perished along with a number of U.S. marines in the Gulf of Mexico as their Black Hawk went down. The Secretary of the Army is granted…

the section 1019 of WRRDA 2014 actually expanded, where it said: on the date of execution, before the date of execution, or after the date of execution.

I am a big proponent and supporter of free trade. I think the American workforce is so productive. I think that American businesses and our industries are so productive and so innovative that we can compete in the global markets. I am…

I have an amendment made in order. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: SEC. 29. TRANSFER TO STATES OF MANAGEMENT OF RED SNAPPER FISHERIES IN THE…

I yield myself 30 seconds. Mr. Chairman, I would like to include in the Record a one-pager that was released by the various groups that I cited, and I would also like to include in the Record a document that was written in March of this…

I want to thank the gentleman from California for offering this amendment. We had the opportunity to discuss this in committee. I am very sensitive to the fact that we do things in a manner that sustains all of our fisheries and protects…

This amendment is supported by the American Sportfishing Association; the Billfish Foundation; CCA, the Coastal Conservation Association; the Center for Coastal Conservation; the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation; the International Game…

In closing, I just want to say that I appreciate Chairman Bishop's offer to move legislation that the distinguished chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee and I will be introducing soon that pertains to this exact issue and to have…

I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop), the distinguished chairman.

With that, I withdraw the amendment. Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Wittman The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 7 printed in House Report 114-128.

it seems like the Administration is totally missing that.

We, obviously, covered all the key points of this legislation, the important side. I would like to briefly highlight the fact that the U.S. Coast Guard's mission has fundamentally changed over the last several years in regard to the…

I thank the House for the opportunity to talk this evening about the 2016 President's budget request and energy policy in this Nation. Madam Speaker, there are a number of energy programs in this Nation whereby public lands resources are…

I can't tell you how much I appreciate you having this hearing today. I can't tell you how much I agree with you that this is exactly how species should be managed.

The home State I represent, Louisiana, the watershed goes from the State of Montana to New York and comes all the way down. You can take this proposed definition, and you can basically apply it to 90 percent of the lands in south…

I appreciate the opportunity to talk for a little while tonight about some challenges that we are facing as a nation. Mr. Speaker, I have never run for office before, and I will tell you I never had intentions of running for office. After…

I support wetlands, and I support clean water. I spent much of my career actually working to restore coastal wetlands in Louisiana. The irony here is that the agencies that are proposing this rule are actually the same agencies that right…

I want to thank Congressman Abraham for bringing this amendment up. I strongly support resiliency efforts, making our communities more resilient and our ecosystem more resilient. In this case, we are taking a standard that is universally…

I think it is absolutely ridiculous that we still have the volumes of oil that are out there today.

I would consider that to be somewhat of an anomaly, meaning that the operations in that particular situation were an anomaly.

To see the President hide behind environmental concerns and oil spill concerns on Keystone Pipeline... is absolutely unacceptable.

You see a trend of, number one, decreasing incidences, which I think is fantastic.

I can go through there and find over and over and over again where the Corps of Engineers flat out ignored, ignored the provision; and my 10-year-old could tell us exactly what it means.

the higher the price, the better for taxpayers, because the revenues come to the State--excuse me, come to the United States.