Mr. Speaker, it is a good bill. I urge its support, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Marshall). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop) that the House suspend the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Johnson), who is the sponsor of this piece of legislation.

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Stewart).

This is big. The shale revolution, now 10 years in the making, has had an enormously positive impact on the economy.

We can do a lot of cleanup of the environment and create great American jobs and develop American energy.

Today, the United States is the world's number-one producer of petroleum and natural gas.

We have cut our imports by about 75 percent since they peaked in 2005.

The outlook for American energy is bright, with plentiful reserves, a highly skilled workforce, pro-growth regulations.

We have taken steps to improve our regulatory policies--we know we have a lot more to do there--and reform our outdated tax code to encourage domestic production.

In fact, the U.S. is leading the world in reducing carbon emissions, and by a large margin.

Prices for consumers are low and stable.

I am looking forward to any direction you can give us, any guidance that we can follow and implement in that Transition Assistance Program.

There were reports that clinicians literally quit because they were terrified that they might hurt or even kill one of their patients.

I know in the case of Prudential and other large employers in El Paso, you haven't waited for the Government to give direction, you have taken the lead yourselves in making sure that that transition is a successful one.

And I will just say, and I am sure my colleagues have similar experiences, as we have hired both veterans, military retirees, and military spouses, we have always found that to be extraordinary value for our office.

the conservative estimate, and we don't know the real number, but it is 20 a day, every day are taking their lives.

I am just grateful on behalf of our constituents, the veterans in El Paso, in making sure that we see this through.

the single largest challenge for us to do our part in holding up our end of the bargain is to make sure that those spouses have opportunity in our community.