Once among the world leaders in quality infrastructure, now, we rank just 16th, according to the World Economic Forum. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the overall assessment of our Nation's infrastructure ranks the…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Maryland will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Kildee The CHAIR. It is now in order…

Despite nearly universal calls for increased clarity and certainty from certain stakeholders, my colleagues have made it a priority to halt the current clean water rulemaking and to force agencies to go back to the drawing board and start…

I thank my colleague for yielding. I think the American public, Mr. Chairman, must be quite confused. This rulemaking that we are talking about is actually about clean water; it is about a rulemaking process that hasn't been completed yet…

Do you have a cost estimate of what it would cost to go back to the stakeholders for what you have described?

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike sections 2 and 3 and insert the following: SEC. 2. LIMITATION. The Secretary of the Army and the…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I came to this floor opposed to this version of H.R. 1195, and as I have listened to the debate, I have become even more opposed to the legislation. Most fifth graders know a Trojan…

The Democrats' budget would protect seniors' health care and retirement. It would create jobs in America through rebuilding our infrastructure and support jobs by making sure our Nation's manufacturers get to invest in the research and…

I thank my friend and colleague from Maryland for his leadership on the Budget Committee, and also the Democrats on the Budget Committee. Mr. Chairman, Congress is really tasked at this time of year with developing a budget that lays out…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Maryland will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Kennedy The CHAIR. It is now in order…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, lines 21 through 24, amend paragraph (4) to read as follows: ``(4) There are authorized to be appropriated…

So we know that the EPA's jurisdiction is to make sure that we have clean water and clean air. That is sort of the basics of it. And now we are hearing from the majority, Mr. Chairman, that not only do they not believe the science and they…

Having no further requests for time, I will continue to reserve the balance of my time.

If the gentleman from Mississippi is prepared to close, I am prepared to close.

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, first of all, I want to thank all of my colleagues on the committee for the hard work that has been put into this bipartisan authorization. It is not perfect by any means. There are…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding time. I will enter in the Record a letter from the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women opposing the DeSantis- Roby amendment. National Task Force To End Sexual and…

As the founder and former executive director of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, I join the network of every State domestic violence coalition and the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women in…

Amendment XVII: ``The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the…

I want to thank Mr. Pocan for yielding and for his leadership for calling us together this evening to talk about what trade means to American paychecks. Thank you again because I was sitting in my office, and I was listening to my…

I thank the gentlelady from New York. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule that is providing for consideration of this so-called omnibus bill. Among the many troublesome eleventh-hour additions to the underlying 1,600-page…

Ralph Hall has been a fervent and steadfast presence in Congress for almost thirty-five years. Before coming to Washington, he served as a county judge and as a member of the Texas State Senate. Before that he flew Hellcat fighters for the…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of defeating the motion on ordering the previous question. The GOP has put forward H.R. 3522, which would undermine the Affordable Care Act by putting…

Recently, the Center for Responsive Politics announced that dark money has already exceeded $50 million--seven times the amount that was accrued at this time in the last midterm election. Justice Breyer wrote in this last Supreme Court…

It is a sad day for the United States when Republicans in this Congress see a problem and then choose not to work with Democrats to solve the problem. That is exactly what has happened here today: their draconian way or the highway. Let's…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 267, noes 161, not voting 4, as follows: [Roll No. 470] AYES--267 Aderholt…