Earl Blumenauer

I'm embarrassed for this administration and previous administrations for not having a robust, effective program to be able to deal with the facts.

I appreciate your ongoing efforts to sort of peel back the level of the onion with these hearings.

I'm embarrassed. I'm embarrassed for you having to be here to defend a broken system.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 16, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $3,400,000)''. Page 31, line 6, after the…

I just had my first two grandchildren, and I would like some day for these two little boys to be able to see Miami and not have to be snorkeling. Now, your reference to the defense amendment that was passed makes me think of what happened…

It was interesting. There was a recent article in The Washington Post about a church on the waterfront in Norfolk. And they are having to vacate because this rising sea level is making it--the pastor of the church was quoted as saying that…

I am talking about the distinctive way in which you communicate as well as the power of the words, both of the administrator and of you. I deeply appreciate your putting numbers around some of these threats. The notion that we have the…

Well, I appreciate very much your being here, Congressman Moran, and your voice makes me think that maybe you have been giving diction lessons to Gina McCarthy, but it is not so much how she talks but what she says.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle D of title XVI, add the following new section: SEC. 1636. ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL…

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 Oregon will be postponed. {time} 2045 Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Gohmert The Acting…

May I inquire as to the amount of time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Oregon has 1 minute remaining.

To increase public recreation opportunities

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 Oregon will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Runyan

I would like to make the point that the gentleman is wrong. I am happy for him to show us where it is prohibited for a doctor to talk about a legal State treatment. There is no Federal prohibition that we have been able to find because, if…

Where in Federal law? I haven't been able to find that. Where is it prohibited for a doctor to give advice to a patient for a treatment that is legal in their State, pro or con? Where is that illegal?

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I couldn't agree more with Congressman Johnson about getting the flipping numbers off the Social Security card.

And I do appreciate what you and our Ranking Member have done in terms of moving forward with this and setting the stage for it, and I share both the sense of the urgency and the potential of doing something.

The initial bill mirrored the Federal bill introduced by Congressman Earl Blumenauer and would have moved neonicotinoids to a restricted use pesticide

At this point, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlelady from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), a distinguished member of the Judiciary Committee.

Instead of wasting more time on a budget that is going nowhere, we should come together to address our failing bridges, roads, and water system. Our future demands it, our constituents expect no less. I strongly urge the rejection of the…

So they are conjuring up a problem here that--maybe people will use it as an excuse for things that they want to do. But nobody is forced to do this at this point. It is not going to take effect for years. Their proposed solution to…

Well said, and I have nothing to add to that eloquence. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I would hope that the Chamber sees fit to reject legislation that is not going anyplace and that we stop the charade of initiatives that are conjuring up imaginary threats when we are not focusing on the clear and present dangers to the…

But I would hope after 4 years that you could revisit the rule or that you support our bipartisan legislation so we can solve this.