David Price

I strongly oppose this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Carolina is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank the gentlewoman and the colleagues she mentioned for bringing up this important issue. It may impose legal and financial challenges to certain States. Certainly it is an important issue for my friend from California and for her…

As the designee of Chairwoman Lowey, I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

May I ask how much time is remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina will be postponed. Amendment No. 235 Offered by Mr. Duncan. The Acting CHAIR. It…

May I inquire how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Carolina has 3 minutes remaining.

I thank the gentleman for raising this issue. I want to note that the underlying bill provides $1 million for the Transportation Research Board to conduct a study to review all aspects of the transportation of liquefied natural gas in rail…

We are prepared to close, and I yield back the balance of my time.

The amendments included in this en bloc were made in order by the rule. They have been agreed to by both sides. I support the amendment, and I urge its adoption. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.

The amendments included in the en bloc amendment were made in order by the rule. Mr. Chair, I support this amendment. I urge its adoption, and I reserve the balance of my time.

If our colleague says that the word ``may'' was put in to prevent a perversion of the process, I will simply say, as Mr. DeFazio has made very clear, we put in the word ``shall'' to prevent a clear and present perversion of the process…

One of the things that the civil rights movement, I think, taught us was that individual morality is not enough.

Of course, I want to pay a special greeting to Reverend Barber. His work as the leader of the Moral Monday, the inspiration and the leader of the Moral Monday movement in North Carolina, has as moved our state.

And everything except what Mr. Johnson said about the Green New Deal, by the way, I agreed with.

Should USDA move forward with its plans, we ask that you give our great State of North Carolina your full consideration.

We understand there are plans underway to possibly relocate the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to outside of Washington, D.C.

The Federal Highway Administration's latest estimate for the Emergency Relief program identified $1.3 billion in projects in disaster-affected areas. This bill actually contains something more than that: $1.65 billion. But the FHWA…

I want you to comment on it.

I want to move onto another question.

I appreciate your comments about the way the diversion of personnel from the interior to the border surge has compromised your abilities.

Like many Members of Congress, I have felt some obligation to travel to the border to see these conditions myself.

Mr. Secretary, I want to raise an interdepartmental budget issue for you.

I would say the new normal is you will see more visible ICE presence out in the communities.

It is a critical time. It is a time of maximum chaos and political turmoil, orchestrated by a vindictive president seeking scapegoats.

Before spending more money and, potentially, lives on this endeavor, it is important to identify what we, as a country, and us, as a military, are trying to achieve.