many Americans view you not as an advocate, but as an adversary.

Would you support my efforts to have agreements in place that would immediately open up these parks with the support of the States?

I would like to thank the gentlewoman, Representative Hartzler, for sharing the floor with myself and other colleagues tonight. It is an honor, especially on a topic that all of us know and recognize that is so very, very important. Dean…

There is nothing more American than the family farm or the family ranch, and it is something that we want to protect.

I may own my home, but if someone demands joint ownership agreement of my home that is a substantial reduction of my rights and private property.

when you have Federal agents that are acting in direct conflict of the law and they are doing what I consider extorting something as precious as water rights out of private citizens, well, how would we expect those citizens to react?

Mr. Speaker, politics is full of irony, and I believe that that is a vast understatement compared to what is exhibited on this floor almost every day. Sometimes that irony bleeds over into the absurd, and that's what we are facing today…

Mr. Speaker, this is a frustrating time in Washington. For the first time in 17 years, our government has been shut down. I believe the political gridlock is at a discouraging high mark. I empathize with those who are feeling its…

Mr. Speaker, from time to time, this Chamber has the opportunity to address legislation that will have an impact on generations of Americans. Since arriving in Congress, I have consistently supported efforts to defund or repeal ObamaCare…

It should be alarming that we may be in a position to have to rely on international partners for weather data.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the heroic efforts of Corporal Duane Edgar Dewey of the United States Marine Corps. Corporal Dewey was with the First Marine Division and was awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in action…