Thank you for being here. Let me just say first off, I wanted to thank you, Inspector General, and specifically Gil Harden, for meeting with my office and accepting our request, along with Representative Fitzpatrick, for a new audit of the…

If it could include also, to the extent that your agency knows, its lease portfolio in that neck of the woods, I would like an idea of that.

Can you send somebody from your Department under your supervision to my office to give us a briefing on this?

When we talk about this appropriations process, and it is like, Well, hey, if you want a Federal building or whatever, then that costs money.

I thank my colleagues from Montana and Hawaii for their supportiveness. Briefly, Mr. Speaker, this is what you get when people talk about issues and not cliches. This is a long time in the making, as has been previously indicated, folks…

I intended to vote ``nay'' on rollcall No. 650. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it. Recorded Vote

I would hope that the leases that the department has entered into, especially in areas that are prone to flooding, wind, etc., we talk about whose responsibility it is to fix those.

I want to make sure that the $96 million is for hurricane assistance recovery.

Listen, I am not anticipating it, but if that happens, it would be nice to know that, hey, guess what?

We are not upgrading or adding to Forest Service assets. We are fixing what existed the day before the storm.

This looks like a pretty comprehensive look at an area that you folks have some responsibility in.

The reason that I am asking that is because, in my State, where 86 percent of it is owned by the Federal Government...

With all due respect to my colleague from the financial institution folks, one of the things in the CHOICE Act is the Mick Mulvaney-generated transparency amendments that we are not trying to strike. It is not like we are hiding anything…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In title IX, strike section 906. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman from…

I appreciate the opportunity to engage in a colloquy with you on an important issue related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This Congress should act swiftly and establish a five-member, bipartisan commission at the CFPB. A…

if they are acting as the appellate authority, then it would seem to me that if they are in fact using the same counsel, you are kind of combining, if you will, the prosecutorial with the judicial thing

if this is knowingly or unknowingly prohibiting the opportunity for promotion from within, I just kind of want to know that you guys have thought about it

Today I would like to honor Captain Joshua Byers, a fallen soldier, son, husband, brother, and friend. In Sparks, Nevada, Captain Byers lives on as a legacy. His kind heart, patriotic soul, and strong ideals of servant leadership have left…

I associate myself with the remarks from our ranking member on the subcommittee and on the committee about concern over the cuts to NIH that could be coming under the Trump budget.

So with your sincere interest in apprenticeships, let me extend an invitation to you to come to Wisconsin.

Swift passage of The National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2017 which was introduced earlier this year by Representative Mark Amodei (R-NV) in partnership with Senator Dean Heller (R-NV).

If you could, it would be much appreciated. And, again, anything on rural broadband would be awesome because we formed a Rural Broadband Caucus, bipartisan caucus.

I thank my colleague from the Silver State and also the ranking member from the subcommittee. Mr. Speaker, I really shouldn't be here talking about this bill right now. The reason this bill was necessitated is that the public law says that…

I thank my colleague from the Pelican State and also the ranking member from the Bay State. Mr. Speaker, I am a bit nervous. I don't want to break up this Lone Star class reunion here, but speaking on behalf of a small place in the…

I thank my colleague from Arizona and the ranking member. I appreciate the fact that the committee has taken this issue. As the person who represents the only district west of the Mississippi that was fortunate enough to be considered as…