I thank the gentleman, again, for his long leadership on this very important subject of protecting life and protecting conscience. He mentioned something about the government deciding what is or is not a sincerely held belief. It has been…

Next week, the Supreme Court will hear the most important religious freedom case in decades. It is Zubik v. Burwell. The purpose of this Special Order is to talk a little bit about religious freedom and what is at stake here. Before I…

So the gentleman from Texas will control the time, I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank the chairman for yielding, and I thank him for the support that he and the Energy and Commerce Committee have expressed for H.R. 3797, the Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment Act, also known as the SENSE Act. Mr…

I thank the gentleman from New York for his service to this country, having himself put on the uniform prior to his coming to this Congress. He is one of the greatest assets we have in this Chamber. It is just a real pleasure to have…

If we could take a look at this amendment, this amendment would require the EPA Administrator to notify affected States and localities of any anticipated effects of the legislation on air quality. The issue is the SENSE Act prohibits any…

I would just respond to the gentlewoman from Texas. She mentioned the word ``burdensome.'' What is really burdensome is the way that these rules are being applied. When the EPA had a chance to do a customized approach, they chose not to…

I would just point out that what we are looking at here is that the SENSE Act seeks to accomplish what the EPA should have done in creating special categories. Again, if you are looking at compliance costs, any costs are going to be low…

This amendment is not warranted because any change in a State's compliance cost will be very low. There are only 19 coal refuse-to-energy facilities in the United States, mostly small, under 100 megawatts, and only a subset will avail…

It would be great for Pennsylvania to come up with a customization on its own, but that would take a couple of years for approval from the EPA. In the meantime, these plants will be closed. Few, if any, conventional coal plant owners have…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. In addition to listening to my constituents, I have been listening to my good friend from Colorado about wanting to come here to solve problems. Well, the SENSE Act is about solving a problem. I, too…

As the father of six children, I, too, am very concerned about environmental risk to our kids, and I am very concerned about the ending of the environmental progress of what we have seen in the refuse-to-energy industry to date. Let me be…

I thank the chairman. Mr. Chairman, there are only 19 plants we are talking about here and four States that are involved. There are some plants out there that can comply--there is not a question about that--but there are only a few of…

In the last Congress, I merely attempted to exempt these facilities from MATS compliance with SO<INF>2</INF> and HCl. Building upon my efforts, Senators Toomey and Casey from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania offered a bipartisan amendment…

I want to thank my friend, Congressman Fortenberry, for the steadfast witness that you have given to this cause and other causes of human dignity and to call us together again after this historic House vote today where the House stands in…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this week, the House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives began hearings to look into Planned Parenthood's harvesting and trafficking of human body parts, which was revealed in a…

When our Founders wrote the Constitution, they had the wisdom to create a system of checks and balances among the three branches of government. They knew this would limit power, protect against abuses, and promote liberty. Under our…

ARI will have devastating impacts on the National Guard, stripping it of its Apaches and ensuring that it will be less combat ready and less able to provide operational depth.

In an increasingly dangerous world there is no greater constitutional responsibility of Congress than providing for the common defense of our Nation.

The time has come. We must put an end to ARI, implement the NCFA's recommendation and retain a minimum of four Apache battalions in the National Guard.

I thank my colleague, the gentlewoman from Virginia, for organizing this Special Order on behalf of this remarkable, remarkable American. On February 13 of this year, our country lost a giant. His legacy will never fade. Justice Scalia…

There is predatory payday lending and we should try to stop it.

This is the cover of President Obama's last budget proposal. Whether or not the administration intended it, it is a fitting and appropriate cover because it symbolizes the mountain of debt President Obama will leave behind. His latest…

On rollcall No. 66, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' ____________________

I have significant concerns that the Bureau's proposed small dollar lending framework will choke off the ability of banks and others to meet their customers' needs for short-term loans.