You have never seen a crowd react to a congressman bringing someone to a school as when you bring an astronaut.

NOAA is one of those agencies that really has to go out of its way to harm somebody because it is always trying to help somebody.

I would say that it is probably more than some, and that these kinds of savings are achievable precisely because we have had a robust energy conservation standards program.

These bulbs are available in the same shapes as the incandescent and halogen bulbs they replace and produce the same quality of light much more efficiently.

This is an issue that should know no partisan bounds.

I am concerned as well that in this balance between wrongdoing by some lenders and consumers, that the agency may be erring too much on the side of these lenders that may be engaging in predatory practices.

So no hard time commitment on when we will get the 5-month-overdue report?

When do you think we will be able to get that report?

Many of my colleagues here today have rightfully highlighted the extent of the student loan crisis.

So, has it been filed in the 5 months since?

Drug makers have poured close to $2.5 billion into lobbying and funding Members of Congress over the last decade.

the truth is, is that it impacts all of us.

I would like to submit to the record, and I seek unanimous consent to submit to the record, this New York Times article that displays the urgent need for Federal opioid response.

We have to expand our horizons to understand that transgender people are human, they are what they are, not by choice.

This is a problem, we need to fix it, and I stand ready to work in a bipartisan fashion to fix it.

I thank the chair for holding this important hearing today and for her leadership in the effort to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.

This critical statute, which we often refer to as VAWA, was signed into law in 1994, to help ensure that women in America are free from violence and free from fear.

I also want to thank Ms. Jackson Lee for her longstanding and tireless efforts over the years to protect and strengthen the Act.