Political Quotes

I thank Chairman Fleischmann for yielding to me today. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of my amendment as part of this en bloc which addresses an important issue in my district as well as the State of Washington. The Bonneville Power…

Today I rise to recognize a newly retired public servant and good friend of mine from the State of Washington, representative Joel Kretz. Since 2005, Joel has been dutifully serving the people of Washington's 7th legislative district. As…

I thank Mr. Westerman for yielding me time to debate on this very important issue and bill. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the Fix Our Forests Act. As chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, I can tell you that wildfire risk remains…

Mr. Speaker, over 40 days after the Senate Democrats shut down the Federal Government, we are finally reopening. The result of the shutdown has been thousands of employee furloughs, major disruptions to our air travel, servicemembers going…