his opponent, doctor david brill, mr gosar has held his seatin david brill, mr gosar has held his seatin 2016, he is considered unlikely to keep it again. pop star rihanna has been given an expanded role in her home country of barbados, aimed at promoting the island caribbean nation. already a cultural ambassador, the singer's new title is ambassador extraordinary, looking at investment, education and tourism in barbados. i asked cheynejones, a journalist in rihanna's hometown of st michael about this elaborate new title. as you said, it's a fancy title, ‘ambassador extraordinary‘. in fact, all that means is that she now has the specific responsibility for promoting education, tourism and investment for barbados. that's really what it is, she has direct influence over those things, and i guess she will be working with the government over education, tourism, and investment in barbados, trying to get some more foreign exchange into the country. and the prime minister is saying that she already a track record in the world of things like business? yes, the prime minister's saying that riha

mr gosar has since responded on twitter, saying in part: and while this add is generating a lot of buzzce 2011, and own his district with 71% of the vote in 2016. he's considered likely to keep it again. in boxing, britain's anthonyjoshua has retained his three world heavyweight titles with a win over his russian opponent, alexander povetkin, at london's wembley stadium. joshua knocked povetkin out in the seventh round, extending his unbeaten professional record to 22 fights. 0ur sport news correspondent, david 0rnstein, was at the fight. the home of english football forum one night, the centre of the boxing world. normally it takes two teams to build the stadium. here, it was done by one man. anthonyjoshua is fast becoming the biggest draw sport has ever seen, but with that, there is added pressure —— pressure. these are not just want to see is added pressure —— pressure. these are notjust want to see him compete. they expect him to win, and to do so in style. joshua power is the task was to follow a spectacular entrance with fireworks of his own. in wet conditions, such hopes were ini

mr gosar has since responded on twitter, saying in part: and while this ad is generating a lot of buzz own his district with 71% of the vote in 2016. he's considered likely to keep it again. in boxing, britain's anthonyjoshua has retained his three world heavyweight titles with a win over his russian opponent, alexander povetkin at london's wembley stadium. joshua knocked povetkin out in the seventh round extending his unbeaten professional record to twenty two fights. the bbc‘s boxing correspondent mike costello was ringside. stunning in the end, and impressive. the most impressive performance of his career so far, the end coming at one minute and 59 seconds of round seven, the first time that alexander povetkin has been stopped in a 36—fight professional career. it was hugely competitive and it was a contest that shows why anthonyjoshua is the draw that he is — because he has such power, but he also has vulnerabilities. the wayjoshua stayed composed and eventually started to read what povetkin was doing was mightily impressive. then, halfway through, the seventh round, he connected w

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mr. gosar: thank you. mr. gianforte: at this time i'd like, mr. speaker, to recognize the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. g.t. thompson, for hiss his comments on wildfires -- for his comments on wildfires. mr. thompson: i thank the gentleman for his leadership. congratulations on some great legislation that was passed out of the natural resources committee earlier today. which i know will be extremely important to the citizens that are lucky to have you as their representative. mr. gianforte: thank you, sir. mr. thompson: i'm proud to be here this evening. as a former chair of the house forestry subcommittee. and a proud member of the western caucus. i always say i'm on the eastern frontier of the western caucus. being from pennsylvania. but we have the same issues. we really do. i have a national forest, one of the more profitable national forests in the country, but facing a lot of the issues. rural communities, school districts are dependent on secure rural schools and just so many issues, energy, production, development, and so i'm proud to b

olson: madam chair, i'd like to yield two minutes to the chair of the western caucus, mr. gosar from arizona. the chair: the gentleman from arizona is recognized for two minutes. mr. gosar: madam speaker, i rise in strong support of h.r. 4606, the ensuring small scale l.n.g. certainty and access act , bipartisan legislation introduced by my good friend and colleague, representative bill johnson. i applaud the gentleman from ohio for his strong leadership in bringing forward this important bill. this commonsense legislation will further increase american energy dominance by expediting the permitting process for the small-scale liquefied natural gas, or l.n.g. market. such action will create thousands of jobs, increase regulatory certainty, and help reduce global emissions. thanks to american ingenuity and the efforts of private companies, the united states is now the world's leading producer of oil and natural gas. despite this remarkable achievement, businesses still face a plethora of bureaucratic hurdles that are unable to export small quantity its of l.n.g. expeditiously. rem

mr. gosar: i thank the gentleman from montana for yielding me such time. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of h.r. 660, the bureau of reclamation transparency act. this bicameral, bipartisan legislation increases transparency, consolidates multiple reports, and requires the bureau of reclamation, or the b.l.r., to do a thorough inventory of its assets as well as prioritize major repairs as necessary at the agency's facilities. this bill has strong history of bipartisan support. it was approved unanimously by the senate in the 113 congress with senators barrasso and shotts ushering passage. they testified in strong support of the bill last congress. this congress, the trump administration testified in strong support of the senate bill which is identical to the house bill. the bill has five democratic co-sponsors and 15 republican co-sponsors. the bill passed the house committee on natural resources by unanimous consent. senator barrasso and senator shots are, again, spear -- shotz, are, again, spear heading the senate's companion. for over a century, the bu