We are here today to discuss a very serious problem, one that the Biden administration and the previously Democratic-controlled Congress have avoided talking about for the last 2 years.

Do you think this Committee should subpoena them to testify?

I am anxious to do is to start recognizing Congress has certain prerogatives.

It is on there, right.

We absolutely need to permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances as a class I drug, but FRS has been emergency scheduled since 2018, and fentanyl overdoses have only increased.

It is important we convene here in Texas to shed light on the brutal and unsustainable conditions this President's administration has caused at our border.

You know, my colleagues, you titled this hearing 'Biden's Border Crisis.' Even the title of the hearing is political.

Having missed a vote today, I wish to submit the following: had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 118. personal explanation

As chairman, my top priorities are to ensure the people's House is open, accountable, transparent, professional, modern, and resilient.

Is the Mexican Government capable of defeating those cartels on their side of the border?

I would like to congratulate Ranking Member Kathy Castor on her appointment to that post.

I welcome you all to our first Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing of the 118th Congress.

Is the Mexican Government capable of defeating those cartels on their side of the border?

I appreciate the additional time that the gentleman yielded to me. As you can tell, I get fired up about these issues. The bottom line is that this rules package is the best rules package of either party in a number of years because…

I come to talk today about getting back to the basics. This place has, in fact, been broken, and a number of the rules that we worked on were to bring authority back and bring us back to the principles of Jefferson's parliamentary practice…

I wanted to let everybody know that while we didn't agree, he was a good friend and we served in the Virginia house before we served in this House together.

The rule which existed for roughly 100 years on and off in Congress... has made a substantial change and exercised the will of the people through the people's House.

If I caught something, we would ship that thing back to the committee and said, you all, don't have this ready yet.

I think it makes our legislative process easier and better when you get to the floor because you don't have to worry about all kinds of superfluous issues being suddenly raised on the floor with an amendment.

What this says is if you have got an idea and you really like that idea, get it in.

It is one of many steps we can take that empowers individual Members in trying to effect spending.

I thank my friend, and leader of the committee, Frank Pallone. H.R. 8454 is an important bill, and it is interesting to hear the conversation here on the floor. Mr. Carter was talking about the history that you couldn't get marijuana…

May I inquire how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 1 minute remaining.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. Pursuant to…

I appreciate the opportunity to present this amendment. This amendment would delay the implementation of the MAT Act, section 262, until January of 2024. Currently, the Act would eliminate the patient cap on the number of patients a single…