Mr. Chair, 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 division C (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate and celebrate the life of ATF Senior Special Agent Scott Ragsdale from Fate, Texas, who tragically passed away on May 24, 2018, at just 41 years of age during an ATF training exercise. Agent…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Republican Conference, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 814 Resolved, That the following named Member be, and is…

I would submit that 3 years is not a long period of time, and it is not a trivial matter, and every member of Congress that has time to devote to this issue should do so.

My bipartisan bill, H.R. 5468, the Permitting Litigation Efficiency Act of 2018, is designed to meet that need, fairly, squarely, and simply.

So, North Texas Municipal Water District could move forward with this project, get it 95 percent complete, and someone could theoretically, under the current state of the law, despite having 15 years prior, stop this project and North…

I would like to thank all the witnesses for being here today and I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in support of the North Texas Water Supply Security Act as one of its original cosponsors.

And yet currently, despite the 15 years to raise those concerns under the current law, they would have an additional 6 years to interrupt the project with an injunction or a temporary restraining order, correct?

I want to thank all my North Texas colleagues for all of their hard work and time and effort on this bill over a considerable period of time, specifically its sponsor, Congressman Sam Johnson.

I believe that DHS's CDM program has great potential to drive progress on a number of cybersecurity issues.

A knowledgeable and skilled cybersecurity workforce at DHS is on the front lines of securing our Federal networks and protecting critical infrastructure.