Doc Hastings: “The ESA has been used as a tool for litigation, and how skillful lawyers are benefiting much more than species.”

I would advise the gentleman that I have no further speakers, and I too am prepared to close.

I urge a ``yes'' vote on the resolution, and I yield the control of the remainder of my time to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren), the distinguished chairwoman of the Committee on House Administration. The SPEAKER pro tempore…

I was not present for rollcall No. 448, S. 756--the First Step Act of 2018. However, had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on the measure. ____________________

I would ask my friend Mr. Davis if he would stand by just a minute. I have a query of him. Last night in the Rules Committee, our colleague Ed Perlmutter offered the gentleman an opportunity to come today to ask Mr. Zuckerberg the…