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 Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Smith of Missouri The Acting…

I would just like to emphasize that the Forest Service doesn't prohibit hunting right now in the Mark Twain National Forest. It simply prohibits hunting deer with dogs. It does this because of complaints from private landowners, not from…

First, I want to let Representative Newhouse know I completely appreciate the dilemma that he is in and appreciate the motivation for this amendment. My one concern is that it will require the chief of the Forest Service to publish notice…

It is difficult to be debating two doctors on one amendment. I do think that one of the dilemmas here is that this amendment, like so much of H.R. 2406, the SHARE Act, continues the essential idea that we should be turning over decisions…

This amendment would weaken current law, undermine State laws concerning the carrying of firearms, and harm the efforts of law enforcement to take action against illegal firearms trafficking. Current law applies only to the transportation…

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 Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Hardy The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 242, noes 161, not voting 30, as follows: [Roll No. 101] AYES--242…

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chair, in closing, I would like to thank the co-chairs of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, Mr. Wittman and Mr. Walz, for putting this together. I clearly resist the idea that our opposition…

I inquire how much time the minority side has remaining. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Walker). The gentleman from Virginia has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

It is imperative that some of the existing debt be written off in order to get it to a balanced.

Exxon-Mobil has come out for a carbon tax, carbon pricing.

Thank you, Madam Chairman--Chairwoman.

As we keep relearning after each new attack, cybersecurity is obviously a critical and daunting challenge.

the goal of the Committee's oversight in this area is simple. It's to ensure that both the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) are technically sound and operationally robust…

I am a co-sponsor of Representative Grijalva's legislation.

Is there anything that suggests gross negligence?

I mean the pictures are horrible, and I do not want to minimize the disaster effect. We also want to put it in perspective.

One of the things I have seen--by August 9, 4 days later, the levels of metal and sediment from the Silverton area had returned to levels prior to the August 5 spill.

Now that the House has approved the conference report I would like to recognize and commend my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for supporting the inclusion of bill language in H.R. 22 (Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act of…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike page 147, line 9, through page 149, line 6. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 542, the…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman; and thank you all very much for being with us today.

How are we making progress on those specific two-lane closures?

The good news is that it looks like we are going to have a 5-year highway bill before we leave, the longest since 2005, with new funds.

We could certainly use more, but we feel wonderfully happy that the Congress has moved on a transportation bill.

I was disappointed to see the Rules Committee decided to add H.R. 2295, the National Energy Security Corridors Act, to H.R. 8. There is no doubt that getting natural gas to where it is needed and to lowering electric and heating bills are…