Jason Smith

I said that I did not want to see in the general management plan.

I totally agree. I mean these parks are the parks for all Americans.

I do want to thank you for that.

Let me admit there are some narrow circumstances where this ought to be given to them and given to them permanently.

President Obama and the administration have taken the uber-Presidency to a whole new level. Time and time again, we have seen President Obama stretch the constitutional limits of the office. When President Obama simply disagrees with a…

Woman, I am proud to stand here with my colleagues today in support of H.R. 3189, the Water Rights Protection Act. With the drought going on in California, and the Federal Government strong-arming private property owners into giving up…

One of the purposes of a draft legislation is I want some true bipartisan regulation reform, and this is a way to start.

So where I come from in Missouri, we would call that the fox guarding the henhouse.

Federal agencies are creatures of Congress. They did not just exist.

The Federal Government could learn a thing or two from what we have accomplished in the State of Missouri.

I have an amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 44, line 22, strike ``Nothing'' and insert ``Except as provided by subsection (l), nothing''. Page 45, after line…

Thank you for the opportunity to present this amendment to H.R. 3590 today, the Sportsmen's Heritage And Recreational Enhancement Act. As a member of the Natural Resources Committee, I couldn't be prouder of the work that we have done to…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. I rise in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 5 minutes. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chair, I certainly am not an expert on the…

I frequently encountered this question when conducting research for my book on China-India relations.

I would like to add India to that long list of countries that China has been provoking in recent years.

I want to associate myself with Bonnie and Peter's remarks and also say that I do think there is a great deal of room for us to further flesh out this pivot strategy.

I think we should continue to emphasize that. But I also don't think we should be ashamed of admitting our concerns.

Unfortunately, U.S. Navy ships have been harassed on nearly one dozen occasions.

this administration's war on coal, and more generally, the use of rules and regulations to bypass the policy process, will have disastrous consequences to my congressional district, and to other districts across rural America.

If we cannot use the reliable energy coal provides, lights across rural Missouri and America will be out.

Tonight southeast Missouri will welcome back Staff Sergeant Eric Summers for the last time. Sergeant Summers was tragically killed on November 13 while serving his country at Camp Pendleton in California. Summers served 13 years with the…

Next week, the National Park Service will begin holding public meetings on its ridiculous plan to limit recreational activity on the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri's Eighth District. I urge families and individuals across…

Today President Obama announced yet another delay to his health care mandate. The President is picking and choosing which parts of ObamaCare he wants to enforce. The President needs to stop picking winners and losers. ObamaCare is broken…

On Friday, the National Park Service released a draft general management plan for the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri's Eighth Congressional District. The general management plan seeks to limit my constituents' access to the…

We are unanimous in the idea that we need this entry-exit program.