On Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 556, providing for consideration of an important piece of legislation, H.R. 2130, the Red River Private Property Protection Act. The rule provides for consideration…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy).

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), my colleague on the Rules Committee. I appreciate his opening comments and take great interest in some of the things that were pointed out. Certainly, nobody in this body on this…

Whenever the cost of access to publicly-owned lands or facilities is increased, I believe it is essential that it comes with commensurate increases in the quality of the user's experience.

I would like to thank the chairman of the committee, Mr. Shuster, as well as Ranking Member DeFazio and all the members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for their hard work on this large bill, this legislation. The…

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 title VIII of Division A of the bill, add the following: SEC. ___. FINDINGS ON PORT…

On Tuesday, just yesterday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for House Resolution 481, providing for the consideration of an important piece of legislation--H.R. 1937, the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 481 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 481 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

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For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the good gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

I, too, have no further speakers. I urge my colleagues to support this good, bipartisan piece of legislation. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from…

I would urge my colleagues to support S. 986. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Newhouse) that the House suspend the rules and pass the…

Could you detail the impact this EPA-caused environmental disaster will have on farmers in the Navajo Nation?

the Department of the Interior (DOI) has provided zero assistance to the state of New Mexico and has not communicated with us at all.

New Mexico believes the DOI investigation is fundamentally flawed because one executive branch agency investigating another is not truly an independent investigation.

I would hope that we can take you at your word that the accountability aspect of this will be followed to wherever it goes.

For the second year in a row, my home State of Washington and my Fourth Congressional District are facing the worst wildfires in the State's recorded history. One year ago the Carlton Complex fire broke out in Okanogan County. At the time…

I have got something I think is very important and something I think you are going to enjoy. Sometimes we learn about some very remarkable people, individuals who, when we hear about them, make us pause, stop, and think about how much they…

Antiscience, fear-mongering strategies cannot be left unanswered. I believe there are a few things people should know about biotechnology. First, I appreciate anyone's safety concerns. That is why it is important to note that the USDA and…

I thank the gentleman from Kansas. As a third-generation farmer and a former director of my State's Department of Agriculture, I cannot stress enough the importance of this legislation for our Nation and our world's food supply. Yesterday…

I would like to thank my colleague from Alabama, a member of the Rules Committee, as well as joining Mr. McGovern with whom we share a Rules Committee assignment. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the rule that we are considering as well…

On rollcall No. 443, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''

Thank you, Mr. Fincher. I thank you for bringing forward the legislation to reauthorize the Bank and for your compelling arguments. Those are great strong statistics on the benefits that Ex-Im has given our country, the manufacturers, and…

I thank Mr. Dold for his comments about the small jobs. Coming from a State like Washington, as I do, I can certainly relate. Fully 40 percent of the jobs in my State are related to exports, so we understand the importance of having all…

I thank the gentleman. And that is a great segue into who I would like to share some of this time with next. I yield to the gentleman, also from Oklahoma (Mr. Lucas), the former chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.