I want to thank Chairwoman Black for her leadership on this budget. It is important that we do a budget--and it is always difficult to bring a budget forward because it represents the views that we have, and, of course, we in the House…

Opioid abuse is a major crisis in this country.

Wow. Mr. Speaker, you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people's House. As you can imagine, these last 3\1/2\ months have been pretty challenging times for me and my family. But if you look at the outpouring…

Please don't fall for the argument that we want to weaken Magnuson-Stevens.

Current requirements for rebuilding stocks under Magnuson-Stevens are unnecessarily inflexible.

I want to offer a heartfelt thank you for the relief you provided this season.

So, the take-home message is that the current Federal management system with regard to recreational fishing, in our view, forces a square peg in a round hole, causing high levels of frustration and loss of confidence in all of us.

But with no fishing season, we get no harvest data and our best-available science and stock assessments no longer reflect the reality anglers are seeing on the water.

The management system established under the 2007 Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization is extremely inflexible and sometimes contrary to common sense.

Thankfully, several of you and your colleagues recognized the seriousness of this dilemma and helped us work with the Department of Commerce to allow a 39-day season this year.

violence has no role in our political discourse.

Feeling really good. We're defending the title and we're bringing it. We're coming with a hungry attitude. We're competitive people by nature. And when you get to go out on a major league ballpark and play, you know, play kid's game…