The way this works, you harvest this data from millions of people.

The horrific wildfires in the West have cost families their property, homes, and in some cases, their jobs.

People who lose their homes and wages due to wildfire should not be taxed on the funds they received as result of these disasters.

Mr. Chairman, this is an excellent bill, and we need it in Oregon. We have 30 million acres of trees. We absolutely need what this bill would provide.

Mr. Chair, I rise to offer my amendment designated Bentz No. 2 which modestly expands the definition of ``renewable biomass'' under the Renewable Fuel Standard so that it includes materials generated in the manufacture of forest products…

I rise to honor Doug LaMalfa, my good friend. His office is right across from mine and his district is right across from mine in California from Oregon. This meant we worked together over and over again on issues involving water to try to…

the purpose of process is to create a predictable sequence of steps to achieve an outcome consistent with substantive law. When process is allowed to intrude, the purpose of the law itself is perverted. As philosopher Franz Kafka described…

I rise today to call out the injury and injustice being inflicted on my State and my constituents by the inappropriate and unfair enforcement of the Endangered Species Act as it has been and is being applied to the reintroduction of the…

You should be here to speak with me.

The president wants to make sure the nation doesn't go broke.

I support Trump doing his best to exercise his legal power to reduce federal spending.

If you just came to yell, I can leave.

I thank Chair Westerman for yielding me time and for his tireless efforts as an engineer and a forester to help save our forests. Mr. Chair, I am from Oregon. My State has some 15 million acres of Federal forests. H.R. 471 addresses many…

I thank the gentleman for allowing me to join this Special Order today and discuss this horrid and tragic situation in Southern California, truly a national emergency. Note that I call this a national emergency. Why? Because soon Congress…

I thank Chair Westerman for the work he has done in creating the Fix Our Forests Act. The path to solving any problem starts with an understanding of scale. The Western United States has millions upon millions of acres of trees, over 85…

I urge my colleagues to support this necessary bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Bentz) that the House suspend the rules and pass…

I point out that there is layer upon layer of Federal protective designations already in place. More importantly, the local community has worked together for almost 7 years to put together a bill similar to the one that has been passed by…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the spending reduction account), insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds…

This amendment would prohibit the Department of the Interior from using appropriated funds for any purpose having to do with establishing under the Antiquities Act a national monument in Malheur County, Oregon. Malheur County is part of my…

This needs attention.

This effort builds on similar pieces of legislation that this Committee has advanced this Congress.

It is difficult for me, when I hear remarks, Dr. Redfern, where you say, we can save these whales if we would just do something like get all the boats off the ocean.

We should prioritize Federal water investments that protect, preserve, and optimize our over-exploited water supplies instead of big, controversial projects.

There is little disagreement on the fact that you do have billions and billions and billions of dollars to spend.