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Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.J. Res. 27, which would overturn a recent Biden Administration regulation clarifying protection of America's waters under the Clean Water Act.

Communities in Minnesota and across our nation need reliable access to clean water. Without clean water our communities don't have access to safe drinking water, farmers can't grow the food we eat, and our nurses and doctors can't clean their hands before a procedure. Clean water touches every facet of our daily lives, and our communities cannot thrive without it.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 140, the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act.

Mister Speaker, I rise today to recognize the history of Minnesota's African American railroad workers ahead of the new exhibit at the Minnesota Transportation Museum titled, "Twin Tracks: African American Railroad Workers, 1919-1941" curated by Marvin Anderson of Saint Paul, Minnesota, whose own grandfather worked as a Pullman porter. The exhibit will accurately highlight the crucial role that African American workers played in operating the early railroads by recounting the struggles and triumphs that they endured.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 347, the REIN IN Act.

House Republicans are claiming this bill will require the administration to publish the inflationary impact of executive actions before enacting them, but if Republicans had taken the time to hold a hearing on this bill, they would have discovered that the bill merely requires the President to "prepare and consider" the inflationary impact—not publish it. This is yet another misleading political stunt from the new Republican majority.