Bill Flores

``No capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken. ``No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State.''

Today, I rise to honor my fellow Texas colleague and friend Randy Neugebauer. Randy has been serving the constituents of the 19th Congressional District of Texas since 2003. Prior to coming to Congress, he served on the Lubbock City…

In my opinion, this is an area where Congress needs to get involved and clean up the statutory underpinnings of the decisionmaking process in this regard.

I want to tell the truth to offset some of the claims we have heard from the other side about how great the Affordable Care Act has been.

The architect of the plan has said publicly that if they could fool Americans into this that they would eventually like it.

Consumers are now faced with a law, actually they are adversely impacted with the law that continues to increase a mandate in ethanol at a time when they are using less gasoline.

I also want to thank the chairman for holding today's hearing. It has been almost 9 years since the RFS was expanded under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

This hearing is about finding solutions that will better the healthcare outcomes for our constituents.

I thank Chairman Whitfield for allowing me to speak on behalf of this bill. As a coauthor of H.R. 4775, I rise to strongly urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016. Since 1980, our economy…

Today I rise to honor Harper Cunningham, age 12, and Maggie Cunningham, age 10, from College Station, Texas, who are recipients of the 2016 Jefferson Award for the Brazos Valley. The Jefferson Awards are presented annually to honor our…

each standard, quote, requires a separate attainment plan which leads to multiple overlapping requirements and deadlines, unquote.

I thank the gentleman from Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor U.S. Marine Corps Major Shawn M. Campbell of College Station, Texas. Major Campbell died on January 14, 2016, when he and 11 additional marines were involved in a…

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey, not only for yielding, but also for the many decades you have spent of trying to protect the lives of our Nation's and, indeed, the world's most vulnerable. Mr. Speaker, soon we will mark the 43rd…

I thank Mr. Barton for his work on this important amendment. I also thank the chairman for his support. I strongly encourage my colleagues to support the amendment and the underlying bill.

But the representatives of people really don't have any input into it, because the legislature doesn't meet.

I think, Mr. Griffith, if you look at pages 1174 and 1775 of the rulemaking, it's pretty clear that Mr. Griffith was right.

So, does the EPA support or oppose the construction of natural gas EGUs?

I think it is the ultimate green fuel. It is the path forward for a low-carbon future.

the only thing that continues to--that have eternal life and to continue growing is a Federal agency.

the root cause of all this is a lack of accountability. Incidents don't get reported, and consequences don't occur.

In response to some of the comments that were never made, I would like to offer five points. Number one is BLM doesn't have the statutory authority to do the actions that they tried to. The Federal Court was right in granting an…

I thank Chairman Calvert for his hard work on this section of the appropriations bill. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposition to the amendment. American consumers have benefited from low energy prices, thanks to the American energy…

I thank Chairman Calvert. Madam Chair, again, I want to set the record straight. We are not against ocean planning, as it makes perfect sense, but only insofar as Congress has explicitly authorized those activities. Congress has not…

I thank Chairman Calvert for his work on this bill. Madam Chair, I want to set the record straight. In the year 2000, Congress did pass a bill during the 106th Congress to create an ocean commission to review and to make recommendations…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: On page 2, line 20, insert ``(increased by $5,000,000)'' after the dollar amount. On page 62, line 8, insert ``(reduced by…