Mission Innovation would double research and development in clean energy technology for 5 years.

I support this budget request because it provides the Department of Energy with the tools necessary to catapult our country to the forefront of 20th century clean energy innovation.

These robust increases in funding for the agency are critical to achieving our long-term climate objectives.

Our country must be seriously dedicated to investment in clean energy technologies.

I commend your achievements as Secretary that are helping to make our country a global leader in combating climate change.

This is a 10 percent increase over 2016 levels and represents a significant investment in your agency.

Unfortunately, the Republican chairs of the House Appropriations Committee have declined to fund the Administration's request.

As you well know, climate change is real. The effects are real, and the time to act is now.

I agree with you. These issues are very, very important to our committee and the Congress and the American people.

It is important that our law enforcement authorities have the ability to carry out their public safety duties, and it is also important that we protect the privacy rights of American citizens.

I commend the Department for responding to our concerns, and I commend the chairman for working through this issue in a very thoughtful way.

Mr. Speaker, as has been mentioned, today, March 1, marks the beginning of Women's History Month. While there is much to celebrate, we must use this time to continue the fight toward full equality. That is why I rise today to reaffirm my…

At its optimum efficiency, Congress moves at 10 miles an hour, and we have a world that is moving at 100 miles an hour.

I was astonished that the chairman of the Budget Committee, for the first time in 40 years, did not allow the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to come to the Hill and present the administration's overall budget.

This need is twofold. First, we need to rapidly expand on the implementation of existing green technologies.

Look, the pundits have been wrong all year long. They're predicting Hillary Clinton is going to win right now. I'm going to win in a landslide.

I wish to raise a serious concern about the possible misuse of 501(c)(3) status by certain for-profit colleges.

I thank the gentleman so much for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I join my colleagues in praising Mr. McGovern for his leadership on this issue. Of the many people who are hungry, none of them have the money to lobby folks--the kids, the disabled…