I have, and continue to work on, as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, an agricultural guest worker program, an H-2A program, that would include taking into account that dairy producers need workers throughout the year.

The EBT Interoperability and Portability Act (P.L. 106-171), signed into law in 2000, ensures that EBT transactions operate consistently from state to state.

I happen to believe that competition is good. That's our objective. It will help to hold down costs.

The political climate is such that the repeal of McCarran-Ferguson is likely.

Today, the House of Representatives will again vote to approve legislation that reforms and modernizes the Electronic Communications Privacy Act or ECPA. Last year, identical legislation passed with unanimous bipartisan support by a vote…

I urge my colleagues to vote for this good legislation. I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank the gentlewoman for her ardent work on this important cause. However stark Americans' differences of opinion can be on the matter of abortion generally, there has been long, bipartisan agreement that Federal taxpayer funds should…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 39, line 3, insert after ``made by agencies.'' the following: ``If the reviewing court determines that…

I thank the gentleman for the time. I support his amendment. Agency guidance is a crucial part of our regulatory system--flexible because not legally binding, but needed so regulated entities can understand how best to comply with agency…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 37. Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Cicilline The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by…

I thank the gentleman for his amendment. Title III of the bill contains important reforms to make sure agencies finally take seriously Congress' directive to write rules with flexible accommodations for small businesses, the source of most…

I thank the gentleman from Louisiana, and I support his amendment. Mr. Chairman, many of the reforms in title I of the bill focus on assuring better decisionmaking and cost control for major rules-- typically, those that impose more than…

I include in the record a list of organizations supporting H.R. 5. I urge my colleagues to support this important amendment. Agricultural Retailers Association, Washington, DC, January 11, 2017. To All Members of the U.S. House of…

At this time it is my pleasure to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Knight).

May I inquire how much time is remaining on each side. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Donovan). The gentleman from Virginia has 9 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Michigan has 15\1/2\ minutes remaining.

If Congress is effectively to rein in the runaway administrative state, a crucial part of the plan must be to overturn, legislatively, the doctrines of judicial deference to agencies' interpretations of the statutes and regulations they…

The facts are plain, the conclusion is clear: the rampant tide of unchecked, unbalanced Federal regulation is overwhelming job creators and households all across this Nation. Thanks to Washington's endless excess of regulations…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I support his amendment. Title I of the bill contains critical reforms to the rulemaking process first introduced in the 112th Congress. In one sentence, one could say that these reforms have one…

I just want to say that title I of the bill contains several key requirements for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OIRA, to put out high-quality, governmentwide guidelines that all agencies can follow. These include, for…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Subparagraph (A) of section 804(2) of title 5, United States Code, as proposed to be amended to read by section 3…

It is my pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Farenthold), a member of the Judiciary Committee.

This morning, for the fourth time in the history of the House of Representatives, we will read aloud on the floor of the House the full text of the U.S. Constitution. It is our hope that this reading will help demonstrate to the American…

May I ask how much time is remaining on our side? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has 15 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Georgia has 5 minutes remaining.

At this time, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Trott), currently a member of the Judiciary Committee but soon to move to another committee.

I now yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), the Democratic leader.