Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Coach James Franklin and his football team from my alma mater, Penn State, on winning the Big Ten Championship on Saturday over the Wisconsin Badgers. Many counted out the Nittany Lions in the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Coach Brooke Good and the Messiah College field hockey team of Pennsylvania's Fourth District on their NCAA Division III national championship. Messiah College played through freezing temperatures…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman, my friend from the great State of Oklahoma. I am privileged to have visited not only his State, but his district, and met the fabulous and wonderful people there, and they are lucky to have him…

So in a lot of these different areas where we used to get valuable intelligence, great participation, insights into the threat, those countries have now become failed states and they are havens for preparing, planning, and executing…

the Obama administration is more focused on being politically correct in its terminology than actually confronting this growing cancer

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for his leadership, bringing this to our attention, and giving us the time to talk about it. Mr. Speaker, on what we are talking about, we have heard all the facts, so I don't want to belabor them. Numerous…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, this amendment will reduce the funding to the Environmental Protection Agency by 17 percent to ensure the EPA bureaucrats are not immune to the negative impacts of their actions in…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __…

Mr. Chairman, I find a lot in common with the chairman and the gentlewoman from Minnesota. Certainly in times of emergency we would want to use the assets that are available to us immediately. The amendment says it prohibits the Agency to…

Mr. Chairman, how much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 2 minutes remaining.

Mr. Chairman, this amendment prevents the Department of the Interior and the EPA from using in-house agency assets and, specifically, their agency owned and operated UAS for land surveying, mapping, imaging, and other such remote sensing…