Rick Larsen: “It is shameful that anyone would shut this Government down.”

However, this activity has been dominated by Russian-flagged vessels, and both Russia and China have jockeyed for control of the region.

This is an FAA bill. It is an aviation manufacturing bill. This applies to everybody that it applies to.

The region is rich in natural resources including 90 billion barrels of undiscovered oil, 30 percent of the world's undiscovered natural gas and $1 trillion in rare earth minerals.

For the Trump administration to not give a bonus to every single one of these hardworking women and men is wrong; they all deserve a bonus and back pay.