I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the resolution under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of…

I urge my colleagues to support the Senate bill, and 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. Hastings) that the House suspend the rules and…

I am very pleased to yield such time as he may consume to the author of the House version of this legislation, the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop).

Again, I urge adoption of this resolution, and 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. Hastings) that the House suspend the rules and concur…

I am the author of H.R. 2351, the North Cascades National Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act. This bill has enjoyed broad bipartisan support for some time. It passed the House under suspension of the rules in the last Congress and was…

I think that we have been negligent for some time, quite frankly, in the time that I have been in Congress, for proper oversight.

Our nonpartisan administrative staff review each and every budget category for savings.

Thank you, Chairman Lungren, and Ranking Member Brady and members of the committee, for having Ranking Member Markey and me before you to discuss the budget of the Committee on Natural Resources.

There is no reason why we should not provide access to our own energy resources located here at home.

A majority of Americans support increased offshore drilling and the bill includes proposals that have already received bipartisan support in the House.

It's also well past the time to open a small portion--less than 3 percent--of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to responsible energy production.

Earlier this month, Speaker Boehner outlined plans for an energy and infrastructure jobs bill.

Increased American energy production is one of the best ways to help jumpstart our economy.

It is the responsibility of this committee to carefully examine this issue and to ensure that any action taken by the Administration is within the law.

Hydraulic fracturing is necessary to extract natural gas and oil from unconventional shale resources.

U.S. energy production is vital to creating jobs, strengthening our national security and generating new Federal revenue.

I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the author of this legislation, the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Harper).

I too urge my colleagues to support the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1640 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Hastings) that the House suspend the…

Under H.R. 588, the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi will be renamed after the former Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sam Hamilton, who recently died at the young age of 54. It's my understanding, Madam…

This Committee has a constitutional duty to conduct private oversight of the Executive branch, and we are unable to perform that duty if the Administration does not comply with our request.

Republicans have committed to running an open and honest House of Representatives, and we expect the same out of an Administration that President Obama has referred to in the same manner.

Letter to The Honorable Doc Hastings on H.R. 2070.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, in deference to my good friend from Massachusetts, there is only one bill before us, and that's a bill without the Markey amendment, and I hope it stays that way. This amendment…

I claim time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to another gentleman from Arizona, somebody else who has been involved in this issue for some time, Mr. Franks.