Could I just make sure that I ask at the very end, could we get you to come to Longview and see the tremendous efficiency that is operating there without CCS, and how effective they have been able to do that at half the cost of a CCS…

A cleaner, more advanced and efficient energy system can be achieved through private sector innovation and markets, supported by Government-backed research and development--not a top-down, Government-mandated approach.

the focus has been trying to force the existing coal-fired powerplants to add carbon capture and storage as an after-market retrofit, even though virtually every nation on the globe has turned their backs on CCS.

I just came back from China in October, and the NEA in China said they are not going to promote CCS.

I am proud to inform the Secretary that on this past Monday, with the help and support of Chairman Whitfield, Chairman Upton, Ranking Member Pallone, and many others of my colleagues on this subcommittee, the House just passed the 21st…

There is no doubt in my mind, Mr. Secretary, that you have set the gold standard as Energy Secretary in terms of your effectiveness and forward-looking policies.

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Terrorists remain committed to attacking the West, and every day these groups are recruiting new soldiers to their cause.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the career of an esteemed public servant, the Honorable Thomas J. McAvoy. Judge McAvoy has now served as a Federal District Court judge in the Northern District of New York for the past 30 years…

Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3735, a bill to name a post office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina as the Maya Angelou Memorial Post Office. Dr. Maya Angelou's illustrious legacy is befitting this well-deserved recognition…

I was struck by the fact that this budget request seeks only a $12 million increase in funding for surface transportation.

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I think it is important for TSOs to know that they are being trained by the best at the same facility as officers and agents who are directly responsible for maintaining United States National security.

I appreciate your vision and your willingness to try to bring this agency up to the standards that we all expect it to be at.

it's imperative that we make sure TSA has the resources they need to fulfill that mission and that those resources are deployed as effectively as possible.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Women's History Month. This month is our chance to recommit ourselves to the principle that, when women succeed, America succeeds. Women make up almost half of all workers in America, and working mothers…

With all of the concern about police abuse that we see, particularly among young people, I do want to be clear that police lives really matter.

I'm always concerned that guns get away from people, because any guns in the District of Columbia must come from outside.