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I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Massachusetts will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Young of Alaska The CHAIR. It is…
I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 6, after line 18, insert the following: SEC. 7. MITIGATION PLAN. The requirements related to mitigation under…
I think it is important to keep in mind that the lands that this road seeks to cross are Federally protected public lands. They are managed and protected on behalf of all Americans to specifically protect wildlife habitat. And, as such…
My amendment is very straightforward. It restores a bipartisan provision to the bill, one that was actually approved by Congress and signed into law by President Obama. In 2009, Congress approved the King Cove Land Exchange under the…
My amendment protects a robust public review process for any proposed pipeline that seeks to cross protected conservation and recreation lands. The legislation before us today, with its short-circuited environmental reviews, puts treasured…
I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, after line 14, insert the following: (D) Additional requirement for oil and natural gas pipeline…
I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Massachusetts will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Lynch The CHAIR. It is now in…
I don't have any additional speakers. I would just like to say that energy infrastructure is critical to our economy, yet we cannot simply give the fossil fuel industry a carte blanche to build pipelines that adversely impact conservation…
I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Massachusetts will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Gene Green of Texas The…
I would like to say, first, that energy infrastructure is critical to our economy; yet we cannot simply give the fossil fuel industry carte blanche to build pipelines without robust public reviews. I yield 1\3/4\ minutes to the gentleman…
I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 12, after line 9, add the following: (h) Limitation on Application.--This section shall not apply to any…
My amendment protects a robust public review process for any proposed pipeline that seeks to cross protected conservation and recreation lands, this time for pipelines that includes a crossing with Canada or Mexico. The legislation before…
Our Nation's public lands protect some of the natural and historic places that have shaped and defined who we are as a people and a country, and would not have been protected without support from the Federal Government.
I am strongly opposed to any attempts by the Administration or this Congress to open up this national wildlife refuge to drilling, which would permanently degrade this natural wonder.
Two weeks ago, the Armed Services Committee advanced the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 to the House floor with broad bipartisan support. I would like to thank Chairman Thornberry and Ranking Member Smith for their…
Instead of expanding investments in fossil fuel development, we should be looking to the future.
I have real concerns with the Administration's entire Fiscal Year 2018 budget request.
When President Trump withdrew from the Paris climate accord last week, I was in Germany meeting with some of that country's top officials, legislators, and business leaders. In our conversations, many of my German counterparts rightly…
Earlier this year, many of us heard of the Marines United Facebook page for the first time. On this page, women marines found that their intimate photos were posted without their knowledge and without their consent. Some had no idea these…
The fiscal year 2018 President's budget prioritizes defense spending at the expense of other national priorities, like education, infrastructure, and economic development.
Increasing defense spending at the expense of these other critical programs will not only make us less safe, but will undermine important investments key to our national competitiveness and our long-term security.
Police Chief William Taylor of my hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, said: ``Each day two to three people overdose from opioids in Lowell. . . . The introduction of illicit fentanyl has been the game changer. . . . `' In 2015…
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