Andy Harris

People are just afraid that the irrigation ditches are going to be declared navigable waters of some kind.

I would hope that your department was consulted extensively prior to proposing the rule because of the disproportionate impact on agriculture.

I would hope that through the interagency process, again, as my colleague from Iowa has suggested, that you aggressively protect American farmers from this intrusion by the EPA and Corps of Engineers on their water.

They are neither unbiased nor unfettered. We know fully and truly, as the gentleman from Texas said, because of the revelations of Mr. Gruber, that transparency is not a major objective of the administration. And I am afraid that has…

Simply put, it is wrong to rip off taxpayers while denying citizens because of their labor status the opportunity that they deserve to work on public projects.

It is wrong when you have a special interest monopoly that denies that open competition and gives everybody a fair shot.

It is not only the tribes that benefit, it is the surrounding communities that benefit and it is also the states that benefits.

I oppose this bill because we need to provide a permanent solution rather than just a band-aid approach to maintaining seniors' access to quality health care.

One of the reasons why this bill is failing is because it was not passed with bipartisan efforts.

Where was the medical expertise that you used in making that decision?

Despite the evidence, the increasing evidence of the adverse effects of marijuana.

Cities like Baltimore, Philadelphia, have tremendous problems with drugs and hopefully that will go part of the way for solving some of those problems.

The train wreck of the President's health care reform just continues. This week, there have been two developments: the first one, the CBO announcing their study that shows that 2\1/2\ million full-time equivalents--that is, jobs--will be…

I believe that China has embarked on a maritime sovereignty campaign in East Asia.

I believe that we should go to a knife fight with a gun and not with a butter knife.

We should continue to use military engagement with China to demonstrate U.S.

Hawaii is the key, is the gateway to the rebalance.

I view with concern any reduction in any of the forces we have in the Pacific.

Senator, it's already a burden. We were sequestered in 2013, and we're still coming out of the burden.

If confirmed, I believe that there's a real need for that electronic attack capability in the Pacific.

I believe the rebalance is real and we're well into it.

Tonight, all we did is we asked the Senate to negotiate with the House. Mr. Speaker, interestingly enough, the Majority Leader in the Senate doesn't even want to talk to the House about as fundamental an issue as funding the government…

The President said today that it is time for the House to lay out our ideas to give the middle class a better shot. He said it is time to move past stale debates. Madam Speaker, the only reason these debates are stale is because the House…

This week the House is going to take action on a bill that's going to give the American workers in the private sector the exact same rights that Federal Government workers have, and that is that if you're going to choose to work extra, you…

The American people saw today that their House of Representatives is serious in dealing with our crushing debt and deficit. We took some big steps toward that today. Just minutes ago, we passed a budget that balances within 10 years and…