Reid Ribble

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title I, add the following: SEC. 1__. CONSIDERATION OF USE OF NATURAL AND NATURE-BASED…

I will go ahead and close. About two decades ago, there were only 15 gray wolves in the western Great Lakes States. Today the gray wolf population exceeds 3,700, and yet we are to act as if some judge someplace decides that that is not…

I have not mentioned protecting cattle at all. Maybe some of my colleagues will. I have only mentioned trying to protect the Endangered Species Act. {time} 1100 Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/4\ minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr…

I urge all Members to support my amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin will be postponed. Amendment No. 15 Offered by Ms. Brown of Florida The Acting…

I will wrap this up. I appreciate this debate. I will say this: I am not interested in whether truckers make more money or rails make more money. I am interested in the poor family that has to pay higher prices for food, for clothing, for…

In response to the gentleman from Pennsylvania earlier, Pennsylvania doesn't have to adopt this policy. It is totally optional for that State to do so. I find it interesting that the gentleman from New York is concerned about this while…

Any type of retaliatory move by the Canadians would be devastating to Wisconsin's agribusiness.

This is a significant concern for me, as their representative and for my constituents given that Canada is Wisconsin's largest export market.

I feel that if we are going to continue to incent American shipbuilding, which the Navy needs, and we are going to be fair and honest to those shipyards, keeping our word to the letter of the contract is fairly essential to that end.

I thank the gentlelady, and I thank her for mentioning our veterans. My own father left the mainland in 1945, and the first place he went was to Pearl Harbor on the Island of Oahu, in your home State, before he went into the Pacific…

I thank the gentleman. I would now like to yield to the gentlelady from Hawaii (Ms. Gabbard).

I thank the gentleman for his comments. With that, I'd like to yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Bera).

I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Speaker, with that, I would like to yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Owens).

I remember very clearly, Mr. Speaker, I had been in Congress only a few days--the President of the United States came into this Chamber for the State of the Union address--and my good friend from Maine invited me to sit with him. We began…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Speaker, with that, I would like to yield to the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Michaud).

With that, I would like to yield to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline).

I thank the gentleman. It is now a privilege of mine to yield to my friend from Georgia (Mr. Barrow). {time} 2000

I thank the gentlelady. I'd like to yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Dent).

Indeed, there's no time to waste. I yield to the gentlelady from Illinois (Mrs. Bustos).

I thank the gentleman. I would like to yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick).

I thank the gentleman for your comments. I now yield to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Matheson).

That's encouraging to all of us. I appreciate your comments. I now yield to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Bentivolio).

I thank the gentleman. I would now like to yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Maloney).