Doc Hastings

Many groups also focus on the declines of wild salmon, while primarily faulting dams for salmon declines.

I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question so that we may protect these critical programs for this generation and the next. Mr. Speaker, I would be prepared now to advise my colleague from Texas that I have no…

And I invite, Mr. Speaker, my colleague from Georgia to show me an example of where we shut down a Member that was asking a question. And I might add, Chairman Nunes did not send a designee. He came to the committee himself, and then Mr…

I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question so that we may protect these innocent children. Mr. Speaker, I would advise my colleague that I have no further speakers and am prepared to close. I reserve the balance…

Then they had a hurricane. The hurricane was the first category 4 hurricane to hit Haiti in over half a century, claiming 1,000 lives and displacing more than 2 million people. Haiti, quite simply, continues to climb out from the rubble of…

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 22, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $5,000,000)''. Page 24, line 3, after the…

I would advise the gentleman from Texas that I am prepared to close if he is.

May I ask how much time both parties have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Love). The gentleman from Florida has 10\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Texas has 13 minutes remaining.

As I said previously, the members of the Nevada delegation know more about this issue than all the rest of us combined. So to discuss our proposal, yet another clear voice that came to the Rules Committee last night and her amendment was…

Through you, I would advise my friend that I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close.

I urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question so that we can finally do something to address gun violence. Through you, Madam Speaker, I would advise my friend from Texas that I have no further speakers and I am prepared to close…

If he doesn't own more than 20, then he is not affected by this law. I just want you to know that. I am with you. I want Lamont to be successful.

I ask the gentleman from Colorado: Does Lamont own more than one establishment?

I would advise that I have no further speakers and I am prepared to close.

And the fact of the matter is I believe that it would pass if it were put on the floor. But do you know what is more important? We had 58 closed rules in this Congress, completely closed. And to put that into context, we averaged 25 closed…

Yesterday, I witnessed, as did all of us, the jubilation of my friends, the Republican majority, in passing the tax cut measure that had been advocated as tax reform for a substantial period of time, but, finally, they did admit that it…

I would advise my good friend that I have no further speakers and I will be prepared to close when he is prepared. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

When my speaker arrives, I will allow Mrs. Torres to discuss this matter further. Mr. Speaker, at this time, I reserve the balance of my time.

I will go home this week and tell people I voted against this horrible bill. And I will wonder if the last speaker would go home and tell the 11,249 people who utilize $131 million in medical deductions who will not have that under this…

Like I said, it is old home week here with the Rules Committee. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Castor), another former member of the Rules Committee.

It is like old home week from the Rules Committee people. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Matsui), a good friend who used to serve on the Rules Committee.

In addition to hearing from experts and from affected entities around the country, now we are doing it in 2 weeks. Mr. Speaker, I have to go to the Rules Committee, but I thank you all for what you are doing.

No hearings whatsoever, and yet the Speaker stood up and said that we are following regular order. We are not following regular order at all.

Through you, I would advise my good friend from Washington that I have no further speakers and I will be prepared to close whenever he is. Until such time, I reserve the balance of my time.

I might add, attendant to this, on yesterday, my colleagues, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Carlos Curbelo, Frederica Wilson, and myself, introduced legislation calling for giving 300,000 migrants in this country, from a variety of countries, an…