As Americans, we pride ourselves on our individual liberties and due process of law. We were founded on the freedom of religion, and it is one of the most important freedoms that we hold. I am deeply disturbed by the ongoing situation of…

Please take into consideration who you are going to affect and what it is going to affect, because we have a 13 percent favorable rating in Congress.

We encourage the subcommittee to do four things.

I will vote for Yucca Mountain every chance I get, but I fear because the State of Minnesota took an affirmative vote to store the nuclear waste.

We ask the committee to closely scrutinize IHS spending requests.

We want to see continued funding for tribes directly impacted by the McGirt decision.

I mean, can we not hold them responsible for actually doing this?

But they are asking more for processing people, not for actually, the enforcement side.

Our President's failed immigration policy has turned every community into a border community, allowing international criminal cartels to target illegal drugs, including fentanyl, into our nation.

Isn't it nice that we can come on the floor and agree on something? It is such a pleasure. I thank the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Westerman) for sponsoring this legislation, and I appreciate working on this bill. Today, I stand strong in…

Only those who live it, truly understand it.

The need for modernization of the Endangered Species Act, ESA, is critical, and it is clear that this legislation requires reform to better serve both species and rural America.

This legislation would strike a balance between protecting the endangered species, which we should, and allowing for responsible land use and management.

I helped secure a few hundred acres in south Mobile County that has virgin timber on it, and what I want to do is bring those kids out of the inner city that don't get a chance to see a tree other than what is downtown, and teach them how…

My bill, the Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act, is an important measure to safeguard Alabama's ancient underwater cypress forest.

Unfortunately it often takes tragic events to bring us all together. Last week, a tornado ripped through Cottonwood, Alabama, and it basically destroyed the entire town of about 1,200 people. This weekend, I had the opportunity to visit…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Congressman Huffman, for your support on this bill. That really means a lot to us.

I have been fighting, and I am committed to increasing the state's revenue share and mandating lease sales since the day I have been in office.

I thank Mr. Aderholt for his remarkable work on this bill, particularly under the trying circumstances in which we find ourselves. One area of concern I would like to touch on is the Medicare wage index. The wage index is unfair to rural…

This situation is unacceptable, and I am eager for our colleagues and staff to identify ways to move forward ensuring that the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management uphold their responsibilities under the Mineral…

I thank Mr. Simpson for his remarkable work on this bill, particularly under these trying circumstances. Mr. Chairman, we are $33 trillion in debt. We cannot spend our way and we cannot regulate our way out of that debt without having some…

I have been exposed to nothing but good in the tribal community. Please take advantage, use me. I can be a voice.

To the Indian Nation, I may not be the right person on this Committee, because I don't understand why as a Nation you have to come and ask for permission from the Federal Government to do something with your own land because we, the…

If we are going to tell them they can't protect their livestock, we ought to at least try to help.

Government doesn't care about cheap. They don't care about making a profit.