I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I first want to thank Chairman Boucher, and to let Mr. Boucher know that it has been a privilege to work with him during our years together on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and…

I yield myself 30 seconds. I want to thank my friend for this debate. I would say to my friend that this bill is identical to the bill that we had in the House. It is an identical bill. It is identical in portion. It is not the entire bill…

In closing, Mr. Speaker, this bill passed unanimously in the House of Representatives when it was H.R. 1147. This bill has broad bipartisan support. I want to thank all of my colleagues for their work, and I would hope that we could have a…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 3874) to amend the Safe Drinking Act to reduce lead in drinking water. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: S. 3874 Be it enacted by the…

I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. When people's health and safety is involved, we should never skimp on that. If we are going to err, let's err on the side of doing the most we can do based on the technology we have with a bill that…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 30 seconds. I want to thank my friend for his support of the bill. I know he is looking forward to being able to listen to his favorite hip hop music on his favorite low power FM station in Florida. This has…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 2 minutes. I would just say to my friend that Senator Inhofe and Senator Alexander are cosponsors of this bill. I think those two gentlemen, very conservative gentlemen, I think my friend would agree, have…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the Record. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I shall consume. Mr. Speaker, I'm honored to manage consideration of S. 3874, the Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act. This is the Senate companion to Ms. Eshoo's bill, the Get the Lead Out…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 2 minutes. Mr. Speaker, I would say to my friend--and he is my good friend--that the bill passed unanimously in the Senate. I know he likes to invoke Senator Boxer's name a lot. But the fact of the matter is…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 2 minutes. I just want to share with my colleagues, we have been waiting. We were told this letter was en route, and it has arrived. Just for the record, this is the letter from the National Association of…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would just say to my friend, the one thing I would agree with my friend on is that the House of Representatives is not the United States Senate. I wholeheartedly agree with that. I…

I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. So when you put this all together and you see that we have a piece of legislation here which passed the Senate unanimously, and we have an opportunity to set a national standard which is state of…

Mr. Speaker, American Enterprise Institute fellows Peter Wallison and Edward Pinto have warned, ``It is hard to believe, but it looks like the government will soon use the taxpayers' checkbook again to create a vast market for mortgages…

Mr. Speaker, first off, in the final days of the lame duck Congress, I'm grateful to join with Ranking Member Buck McKeon of California to be concerned that this outgoing majority has placed a higher priority on repealing Don't Ask, Don't…

Madam Speaker, last week, my home State of South Carolina, along with Washington State and the National Association of Utility Regulators, headed by Commissioner David Wright, scored a victory in the battle for the Yucca Mountain project…

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Chu) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe) for their work in bringing this bill to the floor at this time. As has been described, this is a private relief bill attempting to…

Madam Speaker, several years ago, they sent us to a civility conference because they didn't think that Democrats and Republicans were getting along well enough in the Congress, and I have never forgotten something our first speaker said…