The Public Record
Yesterday, I was dismayed to see the Interior, Environment Appropriations Subcommittee approve a 2014 funding bill that cuts EPA funding by 34 percent. Such a drastic, unnecessary cut would prevent EPA from addressing critical air quality…
I hope we can agree on the importance of the policy's primary goal to develop a cleaner, more sustainable fuel supply.
Sequester furloughs have recently begun for hundreds of thousands of civilian Department of Defense employees. We know budget sequestration is a bad policy. It's an ax where we need a scalpel. It's hurting families and workers across the…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: TITLE __--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. __. PROVISIONS NOT EFFECTIVE…
I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chair, this amendment simply ensures that the express will of my constituents and the people of California is respected. I find it ironic that some of the same people in this body who decry the…
I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…
I'll just make the quick comment that the suggestion that oil seeps are good for the environment or that more oil drilling would reduce oil seeps is simply bad science. Even the authors of the one study that suggested this might be…
I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, this is a straightforward amendment that is overwhelmingly supported by my constituents, and I hope we can all agree to it. The amendment strikes a harmful and unnecessary provision…
With just 5 days left until the student loan interest rates double, Congress must act now. If we do not, student loan interest rates will double overnight from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. This will increase the cost of college for more…
I thank my colleague for yielding. I rise in strong opposition to this rule and to the underlying bill. The so-called Offshore Energy and Jobs Act is nothing more than another old idea that will not become law. We have voted on a form of…
Yet, despite this expansion under the Obama administration, nearly 85 percent of the offshore acreage already under lease by the oil industry is not producing. Instead of recycling bad ideas and expanding drilling in areas where voters…
I thank my colleague from California for her leadership in opposing this unconstitutional and cruel bill. I rise in strong opposition to it. This legislation ignores the very real medical challenges that are faced by so many women…