I thank my good friend Congressman Wilson. I also thank my good friend, Doug Collins, for bringing this measure up today. Mr. Speaker, the First Amendment rights of our military do not sunset with the lack of appropriations or even a…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's proposal to forgo a full NEPA review... would not allow for proper consideration.

ObamaCare, on its first day, is emblematic of what we can expect from ObamaCare in the future, already proving to be a logistical as well as an economic disaster. Businesses are cutting back on full-time employees. Some people are losing…

``hate'' is a strong word that's usually meant to provoke a negative response, which is why it's so troubling when a decades-old, multibillion-dollar activist organization uses its power to smear other organizations with the label ``hate…

It is unclear why the Interior would propose a categorical exclusion for FWS's listing under the Lacey Act, based upon the premise that those listings will have no environmental impact when, by statute, all wildlife that is proposed to be…

I find it fascinating that there has not been more outrage from the environmental community, who never hesitates to demand full NEPA compliance, but is strangely quiet in this particular case.

we request that the Service immediately withdraw this ill-timed proposal

I am impressed with the fever, the energy to streamline regulations for this purpose of exclusions.

However, the case has not been made for the categorical exclusion.

This past Saturday marked the first annual National Day of Remembrance, a day to solemnly mark the sorrowful loss of life caused by abortion. Last spring, the murder conviction of abortionist Kermit Gosnell forced our Nation to take a…

I would like to thank my good friend from Virginia for having this Special Order this evening and the leadership that the gentleman has provided in this area with the Prayer Caucus and so many other things, both on Armed Services and…

The constitutional right to religious liberty is, with increasing frequency, being denied to the men and women in our military who swore to support and defend the Constitution when they enlisted. Within the past month, we have seen a new…

President Obama says he now has serious ideas about taxes and job creation. I'd like to take him seriously, but the truth is that the President has spent the last 4\1/2\ years hammering the Nation's businesses with taxes, regulations, and…

An American can be tried in a U.S. court and sent to an American prison for violating an obscure foreign law. Yes, you heard that right. That has already happened under a little- known provision in the Lacey Act. The Lacey Act became the…

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Louisiana has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

First of all, with all due respect to my good friend from Colorado, there is no way that an atheist chaplain or atheist whatever can minister to the spiritual needs of a Christian or a Muslim, or a Jew, for that matter. As a result, that…

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 157, after line 2, add the following new section: Sec. 10002. None of the funds made available by this…

I want to thank my friend, Louie Gohmert--Judge Gohmert--for having this hour together speaking on this important subject. My friend also is my neighbor. Our districts neighbor one another. We have constituents who see this issue, I think…

I have not heard of any deaths associated with hydraulic fracturing.

What we are doing today is very much better than we did 30 years ago.

I will say that bad cement jobs cause communication between reservoirs that are exacerbated by fracks.

And again, I would just have to say, there's a dynamic to money. And yes, some of it may be paid back. But at the end of the day, if the money is not fully paid back, or paid back at the appropriate rate and the taxpayers have to make up…

These companies, they certainly are welcome to borrow money and invest it themselves. This puts the taxpayer on the hook, and they're not delivering on these loans. They're well behind. And eventually, the taxpayers, as in so many cases…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Louisiana will be postponed. Amendment No. 28 Offered by Mr. Garamendi

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…