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No, the issue was not as a result of the Clean Water Act being established to clean up the various rivers around the country. The issue had do with specifically the Potomac and the discharges that occurred within the Potomac. And those of…
I thank the gentleman from Nebraska for yielding. No, the point is there was more than just clean water dropped into the Potomac. It was done in the dead of the night. It would not have needed to be done in the dead of the night if it was…
Confusion--you've heard the word confusion. There is no one confused. That pesky Supreme Court has ruled against the environmental community of America saying you're trying to overextend your authority or belief in the authority of the…
I rise to speak briefly about the language that is about to be stricken from this bill, which has come to be called the ``hard science amendment.'' I offered this language in committee on behalf of ranchers in Montana. They sat across the…
Families provide the best support systems, so making family the center of addiction treatment whenever possible just makes common sense.
Last month, I received a letter from Sergeant First Class Bart Holder, a Montana native who is currently serving our country in Afghanistan. Like many soldiers, Sgt. Holder chose to transfer his GI Bill benefits to his daughter, Madison…
I thank the gentleman from Louisiana for his leadership on this issue to repeal the funding of ObamaCare, and I rise in support of the resolution. It is impossible in the short time I have to describe the many reasons that justify…
I rise to express my deep frustration with this extension. Here we go again, debating another continuing resolution. I am starting to feel like Bill Murray in ``Groundhog Day.'' In that movie, the main character wakes up every morning to…
But when you talk about gun control, we get very serious about the Constitution and the creeping of various rules and regulations in areas that Congress has specifically stayed out of, didn't want us to be involved in. And so there is…
I represent more people in the United States Congress than anybody sitting in this body, consistently. After every census, I have the most population. I probably have more town hall meetings as well. I probably have more hospitals, more…
As chairman of the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, we have no objections to this amendment. I have often said--jokingly, of course--that the reason the Internet is so successful in America is that the government…
I just want to real briefly say I was here when it was created. I was a congressional staffer. And talk about the law of unintended consequences. I might point out the people from the other side of the aisle fought us on the creation of…
I make a point of order against the amendment because it proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation in an appropriation bill and, therefore, violates clause 2 of rule XXI. The rule states in pertinent part: ``An amendment…
We're bleeding cash, piling up liabilities, and trying to postpone the day of reckoning; and as a result, America is in a financial free-fall. In 4 quick years, Congress made what was a spending problem into a spending crisis. We on this…
Earmarks represent the culture of spending that has led to record deficits and debts that are literally costing us our future. We've got to change that culture, and we've got to start right now. Today, we can save the American taxpayer as…
Everyone has heard the story about the three little pigs and the wolf that huffs and puffs his way through a house made of straw and a house made of wood. Montanans face a similar situation with the status of the Rocky Mountain gray wolf…
Mr. Speaker, I want to voice my support for House Resolution 1473, supporting recreational aviation and backcountry airstrips on America's public lands. This resolution is the fruit of a bipartisan effort. I could not have drafted this…
In the last month alone, I've hosted 11 listening sessions around Montana, promising to bring their message back to Washington with me. The message is Montanans are fed up with the reckless spending that every man, woman, and child is on…
Thousands of Montanans are joining millions of Americans speaking out. I have heard from them at seven listening sessions across Montana just last week. And thanks to an innovative House Republican initiative called America Speaking Out…
Secret documents, clandestine meetings, code words, and secret identities. Despite all of these elements of a dime store spy novel, this isn't fiction. It's the United States Department of the Interior. Almost 4 months ago a secret memo…
Too many people in Washington, D.C. are under the dangerous impression that the Second Amendment is obsolete and unnecessary. If they had their way, only criminals and agents of the State would be armed, while law-abiding Americans would…
The American people vividly remember the contortions this Chamber went through to find the votes needed to pass cap-and-tax. We remember the arm twisting and backroom deals that secured the votes for the government takeover of health care…
For thousands of Montana small businesses, Earth Day was just one more example of how out of touch Washington bureaucrats can be. The EPA chose Earth Day as the deadline for its new rule, the lead rule. Every contractor in Montana needed…
Today, as million of Americans around the country fill out their brackets, March Madness is in the air. Unfortunately, the madness isn't restricted to the basketball court. As Congress rushes to pass a health care bill that is so bad even…
Where will it all end? First the EPA decides to regulate breathing, and now we learn that the Department of the Interior is planning a land grab that is so brazen that it is difficult to believe. By misusing the Antiquities Act, the White…
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