I find it frustrating beyond my ability to express.

I appreciate the gentleman's courtesy. I appreciate him referencing the Coast Starlight. This is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Congress has created a difficult situation for Amtrak, consistently shortchanging maintenance and capital. As my…

My heart goes out to the chairman and ranking member for the task that they have been given. People have appropriately condemned and opposed many of the provisions. As people dig into the bill, the more they see, the worse it looks…

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. __. The amount otherwise provided by this Act for…

I appreciate the gentleman's courtesy and I appreciate his leadership, focused like a laser on something that is not like marijuana. For generations, Americans have used hemp. It has just been recently that it has been compromised. So we…

This week, we started the 33rd extension of the highway spending program. The 33rd time that we failed to deal meaningfully with the crisis in funding our transportation system. It is a symbol of Congress' failure to deal with a country…

I would strongly urge my colleagues to talk to treatment professionals in their communities. My concern is that we don't have as much vigorous oversight for things that are much more highly addictive--we see them more abused--and that this…

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 appreciate the gentlewoman's courtesy and her leadership on this, and I appreciate my good friend from Pennsylvania in his eloquence and his tireless championship in this area. Mr. Chairman, the fact is that we have a broken system that…

It is our ability to provide reliable, long-term drought forecasts, projections of regional drought indicators, and issues dealing with the prediction of what happens in terms of flood research and performance of climate and weather…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 14, lines 1, 18, and 19, after each dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $60,760,000) (increased by $60,760,000)''. The…

In our fast-changing world, the global economy looms large. America has long been the leader in promoting freer and fairer trade, promoting the economy at home while strengthening ties overseas. The current issue that is before us now…

I respect my friend from Texas. I appreciate his willingness to work with me and his notion of putting more resources in forecasting, but that is not the issue here. What we need to be doing is having a robust effort at NOAA to be able to…

That is a rather imposing title to deal with a relatively simple concept. We have a national epidemic dealing with opioid painkillers. Prescription drug overdoses are a serious problem. We find people who become addicted. We are finding…

I appreciate the gentlewoman's courtesy and her leadership on this issue. Madam Chairman, as a practical matter, industrial hemp is not marijuana. With less than 0.3 percent THC, it is not a drug. As a practical matter, it is not hard to…

There is a quiet revolution taking place across America to reform and modernize our marijuana laws. For over half a century, the official position has been one of prohibition, of incarceration, of obfuscation, and willful ignorance; yet…

Where is the sense of urgency for the cost to families who are having $300 a year or more in damage to their cars? The fact that we are not being able to move product because we are stuck in traffic? Then our ports, our airports, our…

I appreciate the gentleman's courtesy. I was listening to my dear friend, the gentleman from Texas, who is managing the bill for our Republican friends, and I was struck for a moment when he talked about the disadvantage vis-a-vis China…

The near hysteria over trade promotion authority and the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership, the so-called TPP, is unfortunate because it is so misguided. The stakes are too high to get it wrong, and the negative arguments are unfortunate…

Not exactly liberal bastions. This is something that we can and should do. Let's step up, solve this problem, avoid this continual uncertainty for people around the country. They deserve better.

I appreciate the gentleman's courtesy in yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I want to speak to just one aspect on the floor of this rule. My colleague from Washington made a statement that we are dealing with a 2-month extension because…

After a rocky start this Congress, we have seen some signs of progress. Earlier this session, the House leadership allowed the process to work when all Democrats joined many Republicans to rescue Homeland Security from the potential…

I appreciate the gentleman's courtesy, and I appreciate his leadership on this matter. He hit it right on the nail. We are in a situation, I am sad to say, having listened to my colleague a moment ago; the States will still have to worry…

As was referenced on the floor of the House, in 4 legislative days, funding expires for transportation. I could actually give my speech from last summer that predicted we would be exactly in this spot--nothing changed, more delay. There…

I do appreciate the gentleman from Rhode Island for setting the context here. Mr. Chairman, we ought to be concerned about what is going on. My understanding is that they found out about the widespread cheating among the missileers because…