Mr. Russell Vought is nominated to be the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. My view is, he has radically misguided budget priorities. He has long opposed bipartisan compromise. I am especially concerned about his…

I still think a lot needs to be done to follow the money.

What we said for purposes of the working group that we had when I was Chairman of this Committee, I hope you'll look at as something of your watch word, which is on these tough collaborations nobody gets everything they want.

No President is above the law.

For folks at home and in rural Oregon, this has been the longest running battle since the Trojan War, and we have got to get it resolved.

If we don't, the farmers get hurt, ranchers get hurt, the tribes get hurt and, of course, we set back the effort to protect wildlife in the Basin as well.

the watch word is 'collaboration.' That is what our constituents say when we go home in Arizona and Nevada and Oregon, but often it is easier said than done.

I think it is just bizarre.

I rise today to honor the extraordinary life and work of one of Oregon's finest, Ursula K. Le Guin, who, after a long life, passed away in my hometown of Portland on January 22 at the age of 88. You would have a tough time overstating Mrs…

It is the longest running battle since the Trojan War.

This looks to me like more evidence of a White House in disarray.

I think it would be very helpful if you could outline what you are going to do going forward to build greater support in the Basin.

collaboration which is the key to resolving so many of these natural resource questions.

I want an American infrastructure bill. It means we are all in this together.

the President has legal authority to set all of them aside. He does not have to do any of them.

But this is not the first time you have led our committee on these issues, as we have talked about with respect to the ENFORCE Act and the Leveling the Playing Field Act.

Thank you for venturing here as well. I want to commend both of you for your leadership, your work on manufacturing, trade, and infrastructure issues.

you cannot afford, in a time like this, to pass up opportunities.

we feel we can beat the pants off everybody as long as our government uses the tools that it has at its disposal.

You are so right about the other side not resting, and I am going to get into that here in a moment...

MEP is a critical tool in that toolbox.

I think that needs to be a central part of our trade agenda as we move forward.

Let's see these reports.

I said earlier we can't allow China to steal our future, and that's not drama and hyperbole, that's the truth.

We cannot allow China to steal our future.