John Culberson: “I claim the time in opposition, but I am not opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Woodall). Without…”

When Hurricane Harvey hit Texas last year it put over 50 inches of rain into an area the size of New Jersey. It was the first category 4 hurricane to make landfall in the continental United States since 2004. It was an extraordinary amount…

It is my privilege tonight to pay tribute to the life of a great Texan and a great American: Barbara Pierce Bush. Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess), my colleague.

I thank Chairman Conaway very much for his comments. When Barbara and George lived in the Midland-Odessa area early in their marriage is when they lost their daughter, Robin. It, of course, is an unimaginable and unbearable loss to lose a…

I believe anything that has got a President's portrait on it ought to be under the jurisdiction of the people's elected representatives through this committee.