And I think it is quite hypocritical that you are working outside the parameters and the hours that you are telling the truckers that they can't work.

I thank the chairman for this opportunity to speak on this bill. Mr. Speaker, I rise today out of concern for thousands of Americans struggling to heat their homes this winter. The bitter cold has caused an unwelcome rise in heating costs…

We need to be paying attention to where we are going 20 years from now.

Ms. Norton and I have talked about that multiple times. She drives an electric vehicle. She is a freeloader.

I would like to thank the gentlelady from Missouri. Mr. Speaker, this is something that is very near and dear to my heart. The only reason I stand in front of you is that I realized one day that the biggest threat that I had to my family…

I would like to call attention to recent remarks made by Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. Regarding document requests submitted by the Natural Resources Committee, the Secretary gave excuses as to why it was inconvenient…

It is a great honor I have to introduce our honored guest. Governor Mary Fallin, from the great State of Oklahoma.

I am disappointed that you are a board member of the United States Chamber of Commerce, and you are abandoning our U.S. ports.

we got to fight for, it is good American jobs, and there are good American jobs at our ports.

Unless we turn the curve so we are looking at a growing pie in economic development, we don't get to the real core issue, which is jobs.

you are shipping 40 percent of your product through Canadian ports, which means basically you are avoiding the Harbor Maintenance Tax.

And it took bipartisan cooperation from--they are not Batman and Robin, but two that I would like to call out are former Member Jerry Costello from the State of Illinois and also my colleague and friend John Shimkus for their bipartisan…

This has the opportunity to be the most important piece of legislation we work on this year.

We need to have a long-term bill. You know it.

the President openly says that he has a war on coal.

Why was this administration putting that out to begin with, if it wasn't politically driven?

I would like to thank my colleague from Arizona for his support on this very important piece of legislation. We have no further speakers, so I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion…

I appreciate the bipartisan support from my colleague from Arizona and definitely the support from the other side of the aisle that so often is needed inside this House. Mr. Speaker, at this time, I yield as much time as he may consume to…

But let me tell you how stupid it is in my State as to how that listing works.

We describe our area, the State, now as 'poverty with a view,' and that is what it has become.

In fact, if there is one common thread that I have heard in all these discussions, it centers in two areas.

It is a lot of political science versus sound science.

I want to work with you however possible. So if you run up against hurdles that my office can be helpful with, would you please reach out to us?

I appreciate you coming in here. Obviously you are rather popular today in this meeting, and you have got a tough situation.

I would like to thank the gentlelady from Michigan for yielding me time to speak on such an important issue. The Cherokee Nation has a rich history of pride and heritage inside this country. At a very young age, I had the special privilege…