Mr. Chair, I think the point on eminent domain is the fact that this bill will trample on the rights of landowners, because my colleague is correct, current law gives natural gas pipeline companies access to Federal eminent domain…

Mr. Speaker, 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 254, nays 175, not voting 4, as follows: [Roll…

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I strongly urge the Members of this body to oppose this misguided bill so that the Congress can turn its attention to the most daunting challenge of our time: climate change…

Mr. Chair, I yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds. Mr. McNERNEY. Even those States with some instate authority don't have the resources or expertise to develop the information provided by a Federal environmental impact statement…

Mr. Speaker, 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 248, nays 179, not voting 6, as follows: [Roll…

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. McNerney). Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for yielding. Mr. Chair, I stand up to oppose H.R. 2883. Basically, what this bill does is…

Mr. Chairman, H.R. 2883 eliminates the current requirement that proposed oil and natural gas pipelines and electric transmission lines that cross the U.S. border obtain a Presidential permit. That only happens after an environmental review…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I include in the Record letters from a number of environmental and other organizations in opposition to the bill. They write, in part: ``On behalf of the undersigned…

Mr. Chairman, lest anyone be left with the impression that there is a problem with cross-border pipeline approvals, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, from a December 2016 report, says that over the last 5 years, natural gas…

We urge Congress to support these essential programs and secure their funding.

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in opposition to H.R. 2883, the Promoting Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Act. My Republican colleagues argue that we need more bills like H.R. 2883 to extract and transport…

Mr. Chairman, I would just say that it is inappropriate to short-circuit the very important safety and environmental review processes for our interstate natural gas pipelines. This is a solution in search of a problem. We know that FERC…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I include in the Record some information on pipeline incidents from the U.S. Government, just to highlight the fact that it is vitally important that these pipelines undergo safety…

Mr. Chairman, I have one additional speaker and some submissions for the Record.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in great admiration of Harve Mogul, who, for more than a quarter century, has served as the CEO of United Way of Miami-Dade. Through its many successful programs in education, financial stability, and health, this…

Mr. Speaker, today I rise in memory of Marine Sergeant Joseph Murray, who paid the ultimate sacrifice on July 12, 2017, when a KC-130 military transport plane crashed in the Mississippi Delta. Sergeant Murray had lived in Jacksonville…

Medicare is absolutely critical for seniors in my district and across the country.

This is inappropriate for him to be, Mueller, to be looking at my businesses.