I give the Army credit for adopting this new building material and constructing five hotels out of cross-laminated timber at installations across the U.S.

I have often joked that the name 'the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress' makes us sound like we are the IT help desk.

I think Schoolhouse Rock got it right when the little bill on Capitol Hill explained it started as an idea from folks back home who decided they wanted a law passed.

A great example is the Building Civic Bridges Act, which is a bipartisan bill I recently introduced.

Twenty-four hours later, the Congress of the United States, Article I, is back and functioning with credible people chosen by the last person elected to represent the people.

Imagine a scenario, a horrible scenario, in which the Capitol gets hit during the State of the Union or the inauguration.

We have not only got the issue is the quorum valid, but we have got an issue of legitimacy.

If your State has no Senators or no Representatives at a time of national crisis, you are not part of that representative government.

We are not prepared. And we still aren't.

If the balance of power changes... you now have a different majority than the people elected.

One of the issues of legitimacy in a representative government is do you have a representative?

What constitutes a quorum.

I have the honor of representing 12 tribes in Washington 6th Congressional District.

It is in everyone's best interest that the industry continues to survive in this country because it is one of the primary tools that we need to help us with this situation.

So my recommendation going forward would be to make targeted investments to make a difference, but also to recognize the scale of this crisis is beyond the public treasury.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, for organizing this Special Order, and for his extraordinary leadership. Madam Speaker, I join him in rising today in support of Washington State's law enforcement community. Each and every day, law…

I am really grateful for your visit out to my neck of the woods last summer to tour the Quinault Indian Nation's Taholah Village Relocation Project, which is an effort to move that village to higher ground in response to increasing threats…

the Federal Government has a trust responsibility to support Puget Sound recovery and uphold those treaty rights.

I am grateful for the partnership with the regional forester, Glenn Casamassa, and the ONF supervisor, Kelly Lawrence, and her team.

I am proud to say that we have actually executed a few pilot projects that would help the ONF produce a couple million additional board feet of timber.

investing in restoring Puget Sound by addressing everything from persistent flooding and stormwater runoff to improving nearshore habitat...

I think these investments do pay off, and I also appreciate your just acknowledgement that this requires a coordinated approach.

I have heard, though, from tribal members about their desire to see additional investments in our tribal colleges and universities, too.

It is important that we do tell this particular story so that we don't repeat our past.

I introduced a bill called the Puget SOS Act, which certainly it is funding, but also establishing a Puget Sound recovery national program office in the EPA.