The new rule would impose an eventual ban on existing nonnavigable houseboats and floating homes in 30 years.

I think that's pretty material.

There is a role for Federal Government, there is a role for government regulation. It protects people.

I think it's important, in an era where all too often, we hear rhetoric about the hobnail booted government on our necks, and government can't do anything right, that's not true.

I thank my good friend from Texas. He is always gracious and has always been a wonderful partner in this enterprise. In closing, the United States Government must come into the 21st century. We owe it to the people we serve to protect the…

We can't have people exercising illegal options, right? We all want to be within the law.

Don't get too carried away with that smaller government thing, because that's not how your region advanced.

So a lot of your neighbors are there illegally.

I'm with you all the way, Mr. Johnson, on the assertion that nobody has any permanent squatting rights on public land.

I think that's a very fundamental problem.

Most are familiar with the TVA, which, by the way, was a great success story of government investment in an underperforming region during very difficult economic times.

I mean--and I--this is not a new question, because I remember--unless I'm smoking something, but at this very room, this very subcommittee, we've looked at a figure of estimates of around $50- to $60 billion.

Congress can't have it both ways.

So I'm trying to look at the whole pie. That pie is $136 billion, 43 percent are documentation error. So what percent do we think are fraud?

We in Congress also need to take responsibility for our part in this.

Fraud's a different matter. Fraud, I've got to go after it.

I would love to see a--sort of a spitball strategy that says--okay. In theory, we know we can't ever get to zero.

I have that courage. I believe my colleagues do too.

I don't care what your profit is. I mean, America is built on profits. Profits are an incentive.

Mylan has received more than $4 billion in net sales revenue on this one drug over the last decade.

Do you understand the nature of the uproar?

I begged Martin Shkreli to use whatever influence he still had over his company to lower their prices.

So what happened between 2007 and 2016 different than the previous manufacturer and producer?

I'm tired of paying prescription drug companies and drug manufacturers and device companies to treak these issues.

I thank the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) and the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Carter), my good friends, for their leadership in managing today. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, in strong support of this bill, which will…