Dennis Heck

It ain’t just a rug. It’s a piece of artwork. It’s an original piece of artwork that is unique in the world.

It’s been there 100 years, and it’s gonna be there another 500 years.

I respectfully encourage the Committee to provide robust funding for projects and programs such as the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project, infrastructure resiliency, and nature-based infrastructure.

For years, Congress has under-utilized the Fund by appropriating less for harbor maintenance projects than has been collected.

Can Senator McConnell get past his statement on camera where he basically violated the oath that he is required to take under Senate rules to pledge himself to impartiality?

The president has violated my first standard repeatedly, almost hourly since he took office.

This idea of America is in peril, brought about so by this President, who sought to cheat in an election, a President who puts himself above the law and attacks the bedrock constitutional precept of checks and balances. Yet, the question…

I have called upon Ambassador Bolton time and time again, do your patriotic duty, come forward just like three other people who work for you did, Colonel Vindman, Dr. Hill and Tim Morrison. Do what they did. Have the courage to put country…

This is all a fiction that is being propagated by them as a part of the big lie theory.

You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

I would bet a large sum of money were it legal that the Russians actually listed - listened in word-for-word on that call, it is a gross violation of national - national security protocol for him to have done that.

The way that she was treated because - again, remember, the President didn't just say that she was a bad woman. He said ominously, threateningly, 'She's going to go through some things.'

I think it's because it's what he did, actually. You could call it bribery, you could call it extortion, you could call it a shakedown of a foreign country, soliciting their assistance in a campaign, a clear violation of federal law.

If you believe that the president's shaking down Ukraine, threatening to withhold critical military assistance to a vulnerable ally, a vulnerable strategic ally in Ukraine, who is trained to combat Russian aggression... If you believe that…

I think frankly, John, it's the patriotic thing to do. He's acknowledged that he has relevant information.

There's a mountain of evidence against the president beginning with, of course, his own confession.

The president's own confession in the form of the memorandum of call between himself and president Zelensky in which he actually attempted to shake down the president of Ukraine, clearly, explicitly, inarguably.

I don't think there's any doubt about it. First of all, John, I served with Mick Mulvaney for several years in the House of Representatives. I know Mick. There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that he never would have implemented this had…

You didn't ask if there was no objection, which is the customary practice. The Acting CHAIR. All time claimed by the gentleman from South Carolina has been yielded back.

He asked for time in opposition but did not state that he was not opposed. You did not ask if, therefore, there was no objection. He was not legitimately recognized. The offerer of the amendment did not yield to him. The gentleman from…

I was standing when he was recognized. The gentleman from Ohio did not yield to him. And when he asked to claim time in opposition, he did not say ``although I am not opposed.'' And you did not, therefore, ask if there was no objection. He…

I thank the chair of the subcommittee, again, very much. It seems to me that often around here, we have solutions in search of problems. That is absolutely not the case in this instance. The problem statement here is clear. It is screaming…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 582, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $5,000,000)''. Page 584, line 8, after…

The single greatest step we could take to ensure a durable, systematic, and science-based effort for Puget Sound recovery is to fully fund the implementation of the Action Agenda and Salmon Recovery Plan on an on-going basis.