Glenn Thompson

I would also like to say thank you to the ranking member for his help and leadership with marshalling this through the process that we have. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Roe), a colleague and classmate…

We have to get to the root cause of our problem and you know, the why is the decision made to be able to seek that.

We know we are talking about data and data is essential for combatting the opioid epidemic as it can identify the trends.

Thank you for what you do, and all your colleagues and district attorneys across--Major Singley, thank you for your service.

Thank you for your service and for making such a difference on, you know, keeping us safe.

The best way to deal with an epidemic is to surround it and look at all the root causes and the different contributing factors.

It is stealing lives, stealing potential, stealing work force from our economy.

This is the public health crisis of our lifetime. There is not a zip code in Pennsylvania or across this Nation that is not impacted by this.

I look at this as leveling the playing field for rural America and urban America.

They cannot afford escalating energy bills, especially when we are blessed with the energy resources that we have today.

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, even though I am not opposed to it. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this amendment. As chair of the Nutrition Subcommittee, I have been out West. This amendment not only helps preserve our forests, but it prevents mudslides in…

I am pleased to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Faso).

I thank Mr. Gosar for offering this commonsense amendment. Good Neighbor Authority was one of the hard-fought achievements in the 2014 farm bill that has proven useful in improving our national forests and our rural communities. I was…

I thank the ranking member for that question. It is an important part of this discussion. Actually, first of all, it is important for people to understand that, let me just say upfront, chronic wasting disease is not transmitted to humans…

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 429, after line 4, insert the following: ``(16) Chronic wasting disease.--Research and extension…

I thank the gentleman for his leadership and for being a part of the Special Order. I am now pleased to yield to a former chairman of the full Agriculture Committee and currently the Judiciary Committee chairman, who obviously has a lot of…

I thank the gentlewoman for her enthusiasm for this. Congratulations to Joe. Actually, that is a great story.

I thank the gentleman for being a part of this important Special Order tonight, because nutrition matters and farmers feed. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield to a gentleman from another part of our Agriculture Committee leadership from…

I thank the gentleman for being part of this Special Order. All of the hearings that we had were bipartisan, great bipartisan input into the hearings, and there is nothing in the nutrition title that really hasn't come out as a part of…

I thank the gentleman for his leadership and for leading what has been one of the most transparent processes. The amount of hearings that we have had, over 20 hearings just on nutrition, 80 witnesses--a job well done. You know, there is a…

Thank you, Chairman. Thanks, members of the panel, for being here. A very important topic, dealing with our maintenance backlog.

One bill pending in Congress that is consistent with these principals is H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, which was introduced by Pennsylvania's own, Rep. Glenn Thompson.

I certainly don't want to criticize you for exercising initiative as citizens.

I really appreciate the opportunity to talk about important issues that impact all those American citizens in the short-term or long-term Puerto Rico.