Let me tell you, what it smells like here is that you are not being truthful with this committee.

So your testimony is you meet with 100 percent of the people that ask? How do you do that with a staff of 45 people?

Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Griffith), who is the author of this legislation.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Before I get into a specific discussion of this legislation, I do want to thank the staff on both the Republican and Democratic side of the Energy and Commerce Committee. I certainly…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I want to give a strong thanks to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx) for her work on this legislation. This, like the other two pieces of legislation that we…

Mr. Speaker, this is an important piece of legislation to give additional time for the development of Clark Canyon Dam, for which a license has been issued in the past. I urge passage of this legislation. I yield back the balance of my…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. As we begin consideration of this legislation, I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) for bringing this matter to the attention of our committee. The Federal Power Act…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4427) to amend section 203 of the Federal Power Act, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 4427 Be it enacted by the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Section 203 of the Federal Power Act establishes requirements for the sale, disposition, merger, purchase, and acquisition of certain utility assets and facilities. In the Energy…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4412) to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 4412…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4411) to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 4411…

Mr. Speaker, I also urge passage of H.R. 4412. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Whitfield) that the House suspend the rules and pass the…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4416) to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 4416…

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Whitfield) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 4434. The question was…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, once again, this is legislation extending, for 8 years in this case, construction of a hydropower project at the Collinsville Dam in New York. I want to thank the…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4434) to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 4434…

Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of this legislation. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Whitfield) that the House suspend the rules and pass…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Montana (Mr. Zinke), the author of this legislation.