Mike Conaway

I am begging my colleagues on the other side of the aisle if, in fact, you do support USMCA, that you work with your leadership to get this process moving.

I, for one, don't believe that Xi Jinping and China will suddenly have some sort of a come to Jesus moment where they will abandon stealing our intellectual property.

Your speech lit up a room of oilmen by connecting challenges found in the oilfields of Texas to financial markets in New York and around the world.

Thank you for your service. Thank you for your diligence, thoughtfulness, and candor, and thank you for your relentless curiosity.

Your careful explanation of why derivatives are important to the most vulnerable among us was a moving reminder about why these markets matter.

China has a longer-term horizon than most of us.

If there are jobs available--may not be the job that they necessarily want, but a job is a job, and so having these folks have the initiative to get off the welfare programs and go to work is particularly important.

We had an opportunity yesterday to share with Dana, his wife, his mom and step-dad and hear the staff talk about Damon. It was clear that Damon had created a family, that they loved him, that they respected him as a professional, and that…

There is no physical barriers? There is no blocking forces? There is no issue why they wouldn't do that, other than he just does not care about his people?

Does the regime explain why they are not--why they are making their own people suffer like that?

I hope that we can reset this debate and find a new way forward on both reauthorization and the Commission's budget in the upcoming months.

Bad actors have figured out how to use this new currency.

This ICO market is rife with scams and frauds.

We guard against illicit activity like tax evasion or money laundering. We insure for financial stability, and we protect investors and consumers.

Providing a strong, clear legal and regulatory framework for digital assets is essential.

Digital assets like Bitcoin and Ether... represent a new way for people to interact and exchange in commerce.

Perhaps no question has generated greater uncertainty than how to determine if a particular token is a security.

I represent a lot of cattle ranchers, but also represent folks who raise sheep and goats. Black vultures are a big predator during kidding season. When these small lambs and young kid goats are on the ground, they are susceptible to the…

I thank the gentlewoman for letting me speak on her amendment. Mr. Chair, I have the great pleasure and honor of representing a community called Notrees, Texas, and so to be standing up in support of a forestry amendment might be a little…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma will be postponed. Amendment No. 18 Offered by Mr. Turner The Acting CHAIR. It is…

It is with great reluctance that I rise in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. If it were limited to just to Alaska, then that might be one thing, but the underlying language is too broad. It would allow this to happen across the…

Mr. Faso has my commitment to work with him to address the Farm Bureau's concerns to get them to the point that they are okay with this. I support the gentleman's amendment under those terms.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for bringing up this important issue. I agree with the gentleman from Alabama that our farmers and ranchers should not be competing with the Federal Government for viable cropland. H.R. 2…

I claim time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Simpson). The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.

May I inquire how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has 3 minutes remaining.