Bud Shuster

I next want to read a quote from a constituent of mine, Marty Yahner, a farmer from Cambria County, Pennsylvania. ``This illegal power grab clearly goes far beyond the power granted to the EPA by Congress through the Clean Water Act…

I strongly oppose this motion to recommit. First of all, it has nothing to do with drought. Second, it is just a backdoor attempt to allow the EPA to take control of all the waters in America. In addition to that, my colleagues from…

This amendment will do nothing more than kill the bill. H.R. 749 is a bipartisan bill with heavy, heavy reforms that will improve and advance passenger rail in this country, including security. We have taken that into consideration. I…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 316, nays 101, not voting 15, as follows: [Roll No. 112]…

It is my pleasure to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Denham). He is one of the principal authors of this piece of legislation, the gentleman who did yeoman's work on this bill and the chairman of the Subcommittee on…

I claim time in opposition, although I do not oppose the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I claim time in opposition, although I support the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I claim time in opposition to the amendment even though I do not oppose the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

The past couple of weeks have seen some startling accidents at grade crossings. Having an independent entity review the train horn rule would be a good start to helping ensure such accidents don't occur in the future. The train horn and…

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Costello), the newest member of the T&I Committee.

I thank the gentlewoman from California for offering this amendment. While grade crossing incidents have dropped 40 percent since 2000, the tragic events in Ms. Brownley's district last week remind us how important it is to be aware of…

I really appreciate Chairman Denham coming up and talking about some of the important reforms in this bill. I want to add to that. One of the key things we do in this bill is we are empowering the States. There are 19 States and 21…