I do wish we were meeting to pass bipartisan legislation and protect Americans with preexisting health conditions...

When it comes to climate change, Mr. Chairman, Republicans are focused on solutions.

I spoke out early and forcefully, Mr. Chairman, about the unnecessary effort by Speaker Pelosi to create yet a separate select committee which lacks any legislative authority.

When will we tackle the high cost of healthcare?

Oregonians choke on smoke every summer from wildfires that burn across our poorly managed Federal forests.

We streamlined some of the licensing there for hydro, which is an area where we get, you know, carbon-free renewable energy.

I didn't mean to shake things up this morning, but asking for a hearing on Medicare for All was something I thought was appropriate.

As Republicans we believe strongly in providing preexisting condition protection for all consumers.

We fully support protecting Americans with preexisting conditions. We've said this repeatedly, we we've acted accordingly, and we mean it completely.

I think we did 12 hearings in the last 2 years on grid adequacy, security.

Unfortunately, House Democrats voted it down.

So, when it comes to climate change, Mr. Chairman, Republicans are focused on solutions.

Unfortunately, the Green New Deal ignores many of these important elements of our energy strategy and makes it more difficult to reach our shared environmental goals.

Hydropower has great success as a clean energy source across the country, and especially in my district and my State, where 40 percent of our energy comes from hydropower.

What we are deeply concerned about are the Democratic plans we believe will harm American consumers and American jobs.

It is no secret the Energy and Commerce Committee has the jurisdiction, the ability to find a bipartisan path forward to tackle this important issue.

The committee twice held hearings on the human effects of the wildfire smoke.

I was unable to be present for votes on January 22nd due to unavoidable travel delays. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 44 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 45. ____________________

I thank the gentleman from Illinois and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. I spent about a year in Alaska going to college, have been back a number of times, and it is, as the gentleman from Alaska describes, a very unique area. It…

I want to commend the gentleman from New York for his leadership on this issue as well. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess), so that he can speak on the legislation.

May I inquire as to how much time remains on each side. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oregon has 12\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from New York has 12 minutes remaining.

I, too, join my friend and colleague from New York and our friends across the building in the Senate in support of the BOLD Act, S. 2076. Mr. Speaker, I urge our colleagues to support it, and I yield back the balance of my time. The…

But when we are losing towns, and people and firefighters in our communities are choked with smoke, we can do better. Last night, in Medford, Oregon, the Jackson County Commission held a public meeting to talk about this fire situation we…

I want to talk about the farm bill, the rule that allows us to bring this to the floor, and the lives I want to save in the West and across America, because this bill takes important steps to help improve the management of our Federal…

I thank Mr. Barton for his great leadership on the ACE Kids Act. I know this has been something he has been dedicated to for many years, and I am glad we could get this worked out and to the floor today. In fact, Mr. Speaker, these bills…