I join my colleagues this morning to sound the alarm of a serious threat facing our country, one that has been addressed by this body and now awaits action by the Senate and the President. It is not an external threat, but one that is…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: TITLE __--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. _01. LEASE SALE 220 AND OTHER LEASE…

This is a job-creating amendment. It reflects the wisdom and truly the will of the good folks of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and specifically within the great district that I have the privilege of serving and representing, the Second…

I thank the chairman for his support. I urge my colleagues to join us in supporting this bill. These are life-changing jobs. There's tremendous potential, and we can do this in a very environmentally responsible way. I reserve the balance…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise in strong support of the amendment and thank my colleagues--Mr. Landry, Mr. Gohmert, and Mr. Goodlatte--for their hard work and their strong leadership on this important issue. I also want to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following new section: SEC. __. CONDITIONAL REPLACEMENT FOR FY…

I thank the gentlelady, my friend. It's a pleasure and a privilege to serve with the gentlelady on the House Armed Services Committee. I appreciate her leadership on the House Armed Services Committee and in holding this time tonight to…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. And I rise tonight, Madam Speaker, in strong support of the NDAA that we'll vote on this week. And I also rise to really sound the alarm, Madam Speaker, about a budgetary cut to our Defense Department…

I thank the gentleman from Utah. Mr. Speaker, it's a real privilege today to speak on behalf of the bill that I'm introducing. It is indeed a jobs bill. It is a bill that reflects common sense. It's a bill that reflects common ground. And…

I thank my friend, the gentleman from Washington. I appreciate the opportunity, Mr. Chairman, to come before this body today and make the case that this is wonderful and strong legislation that should be moved forward for one purpose: job…

This is truly, without hyperbole, a defining moment in our country, we must make wise decisions.

Passage of this budget is essential to setting our Republic on a better fiscal path and ensuring American citizens that we are serious about getting the government's finances in order.

The worst thing for America is a future of debt, doubt, and decline.

the president, in my view, has failed the American people in that respect.

What is coming at us in sequestration is nothing less than a violent, unwise, unconscionable sharp direction turn for the Department of Defense.

I ask that you bring a budget to the House floor that does not just lower spending this year, but also provides a clear and definitive path going forward to balance the budget and pay down the debt.

We can no longer tolerate a stagnant, slow-growth economy saddled with historic unemployment rates and a dangerous dependence on foreign oil.

Logic demands that bulldozers push over the trees and all the habitat that we all want to protect.

I appreciate the Ranking Member--thank you so much. I serve on the House Armed Services Committee, and it is very sobering to hear the Chairman, or former Chairman, of the Joint Chiefs testify that the greatest threat to this country is…

I do not take any pleasure in zeroing in on this, but I have a duty to the citizens of the Commonwealth and those I have the privilege to represent and my children and grandchildren.

I know what it is like to run a small business and to not be able--you look at the payroll and you can't make it the next week.

I will do everything I can to stop this because you have understated the cost.

Any change to the refuge management plan which diminishes beach access will have a detrimental effect on the local economy.

I am very disappointed and troubled by the Fish and Wildlife Service's approach to the conservation planning process for Chincoteague.

This is what is wrong with America. We are regulating ourselves out of our prosperity.