I thank the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Nolan) for yielding me the time. Talk about working hard, you are here at 9 o'clock in Washington and the day started very early. I thank the gentleman for being here and defending the Great Lakes…

I have to oppose my good friend Mr. Gohmert on this amendment. The gentleman actually wants to prohibit funds from being used to implement any activities regarding the social costs of carbon. And this amendment tells the Department of…

Woman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. I just wanted to say, the gentleman who is offering this amendment, I oppose the amendment, and you and I view the world very differently. I view the Government of the United States as…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. The Chair understands that amendment No. 11 will not be offered…

I thank Congresswoman Lee, my colleague on the Appropriations Committee, for offering this very important amendment, and I rise in support of it. Please let me remind my colleagues who may not agree with our position that if this…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment. I would just say, you know, there used to be an old expression. They asked Jesse James, ``Why do you rob banks.'' He said, ``That is where the money…

I thank Congressman Connolly for yielding me his last minute and rise in support of this very important amendment to move $97 million to the Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation account. Without question, we are going to undergo modernization…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and rise to strongly oppose the Gosar amendment to completely eliminate the ARPA-E advanced energy research program, which helps propel our Nation forward as a global leader. I could just say to the…

I yield to the gentleman. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Shimkus). The time of the gentleman has expired. The gentleman from Idaho may yield to you, if he so desires.

The State of the gentleman is under this Western Area Power Authority. We don't have that sort of power umbrella in our region of the country. I have read all about the fights in the West among all these Western States, a dozen and a half…

We owe it to the American people to have a full discussion and debate before wandering down a path to new varieties of nuclear weapons, including security, cost, and schedule. The bill, again, includes several unnecessary and controversial…

I wish to thank the ranking member from New York, Nita Lowey, for yielding me this time and for the wonderful work she has done on 12 bills, and this is but the first. I also want to thank the chair of the full committee, Congressman…

I just wanted to point out that, if one looks at the fine print in our bill, the account, actually, for fossil is increased by over $50 million over the current year. That is a pretty healthy increase. We are not really cutting anything in…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, even though I am not opposed to it. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I thank the chairman of the subcommittee for yielding, and I rise in opposition to this amendment, not completely understanding what it is the gentleman is objecting to. I know that you have an individual about whom you are upset. The…

I just wanted to thank Congresswoman Jackson Lee for yielding and for the incredible work she does representing the Gulf region in its fullness. I understand, through her and through my own studies, the damage done by Hurricane Harvey and…

Essentially, the LaMalfa amendment would prohibit funds from being used to enforce the criteria for abandoned prior converted cropland. Currently, if land categorized as prior converted cropland has not been used for agricultural purposes…

President Trump promised to drain the swamp, but the Financial Times reports his pay-to-play scheme catering to Chinese investors sure looks like he is in the swamp. Vox reports this week President Trump has a direct financial interest in…

I thank my fellow Great Lakes Member, Representative Schneider, for yielding the time. I also want to thank the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, Congresswoman Lowey, for offering this amendment. I rise in support of this…

And the lives and reputations of the officers of this House should matter. Our heads should hang low today---- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman is no longer recognized.

Father Conroy has served this institute honorably for the past seven years. He is only one of two Roman Catholic clerics ever to have served as pastor for the U.S. House of Representatives since the founding of our Republic 229 years ago…

The majority in this House has just exacted a great injustice. The unwarranted, unjust, forced resignation of a sworn officer of this United States House, the House Chaplain, Patrick Conroy, is a complete, complete violation of justice. It…

For more than 30 years, greedy corporate chieftains, enabled by the Republican Party, have chip, chip, chipped away at workers' rights, decent wages, and secure pension benefits. In fact, they have even moved corporations to penny-wage…

As certain as March 20 is the first day of spring, today, April 17, at midnight, is the tax filing deadline for 2017 returns. Months after passing the $1.8 trillion deficit-busting tax giveaway, Republicans are still trying to sell their…

What a privilege it is to be with our colleagues tonight to join together to pay tribute to our friend, Louise McIntosh Slaughter, born in Harlan County, Kentucky, who wrote fresh pages in American history. There ought to be a statue at…