Mr. Speaker, as our country grapples with how to respond to this pressing moment facing women, families, and children, I believe we must strive for a better, more compassionate future. All Americans want women and their babies to be safe…

Mr. Speaker, today, we begin the work to reform our government to work better for the American people and not against them. So what do I mean by that? The last 2 years Democrats have had control of the White House, House, and Senate, and…

The ability to exercise political speech ensures all viewpoints are represented in policy debates.

It is clear to me that the ongoing energy crisis and development of our domestic resources are public issues of great importance to American families.

It must certainly be election season.

What we should be doing instead--to begin, this Committee should use this time examining how best to pursue an all-of-the-above energy strategy.

The American people deserve better than a hearing intended to chill speech or salvage a botched investigation.

Madam Chair, while I cannot support the entirety of the package we are considering today, I am grateful that my bipartisan, bicameral Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Program Act was included in this bill. This important…

Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of amendment No. 81, which would provide funding for the Modernization Access to Our Public Land Act, otherwise known as the MAPLand Act, which was enacted last April. I was proud to work with a strong…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Congressman Hern for organizing this Special Order tonight and for his leadership on the Republican Study Committee. Mr. Speaker, I frequently reach out to my constituents and conduct polling, if you will, on what are…

Madam Speaker, I thank Representative Arrington for yielding. I am so appreciative that he brought up the night that we broke bread and the excitement that I had. I did, I lit up knowing that there was a real concerted effort to be able to…