Dusty Johnson

Were those work requirements extreme when a bipartisan group of Democrats and Republicans stood together to renew them in farm bill after farm bill?

Yes, American families need our help, and I would tell you, sir, that their plight is not well-served by the kind of fearmongering that we have heard.

This legislation was championed by Rep. Dusty Johnson last congress and received overwhelming bipartisan support from members of the committee.

We want to do a better job of hitting the center of the target.

Next week, we will be introducing the Ocean Shipping Reform Act 2.0.

We passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act out not once, not twice, not three times, but four times.

It has been gratifying to hear so many good words said about the Ocean Shipping Reform Act.

What have you done to facilitate the passenger travel for those with disabilities?

I believe in local control. And I trust our local officials to make the best decision for their respective airports.

You have talked a bit about that. And I know we had 120 Members of Congress weigh in.

Let's conduct the research. PHMSA can get the data. The goal is for them to update their regulations with the know-how of 20 years of developments.

We must cement a critical mineral supply chain here in America. It is critical.

There is going to need to be some give and take because there is also a United States Senate and the American people, although I'm not very happy about it, put Chuck Schumer in charge of the US Senate.

We want to bend some of these curves in a way that doesn't continue to put us so much deeper in debt.

I continue to feel that we're making progress. And frankly, some of the rule changes that have been made are the right things to do anyway.

Again, I find that unfortunate. I would hope that the Senator from Illinois would not at least object to Senator Grassley coming on the floor looking for another extension of this. Again, the DEA Administrator says this is vital. So I hope…

Fentanyl is being used in medicine today, and it is on schedule II. So they can do the research off of that drug on schedule II. There is nothing preventing that--nothing whatsoever.

175 native languages are spoken in this country today, and they are threatened. Without preservation efforts, by the year 2050 there will be fewer than 20 spoken. Now, for best fluency, you really should start language education by the age…

It is not a silver bullet, but I think it will help.

Reclaiming my time. I appreciate the gentleman's comments, our agreement as well as your engagement. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time because I had one additional…

I am prepared to close, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, in closing, H.R. 6270 takes an important step in giving our State and local transportation planning experts the tools they need to continue the…

Counties call on Congress to consider the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act.

I do think we have a vulnerability in the American food supply system that I know we can work in a bipartisan way to address.

I don't think everything is okay.

I mean, when we have one issue attack one plant, don't we see a massive price swing to both the producers and the consumers?