I certainly disagree with the Administration's stand on the Paris Accord.

I just hope that we can discuss the Clean Power Plan again because that was about stationary clean air.

I want to echo the concerns many of my colleagues have already raised about both the changes to the climate accord, the Paris Accord, and also just the cuts at the Department.

I hope that you will take that into consideration in your conversation with him.

There have been 5 years of this public dialogue and discussion.

there was a lot of public process.

today I wish to recognize the 40th anniversary of Longfellow's Greenhouse of Manchester, ME, a family- owned small business and a leader in the greenhouse industry. Longfellow's Greenhouse opened during the winter of 1977. That year, with…

I am concerned that there is nine programs that are zeroed out.

I do not have a lot of questions or comments to make.

The cost would be of shoehorning a modern combat system into an old hull.

the idea that we would be making cuts to an already underserved population is really unthinkable.

I thank the chairman very much for this opportunity to speak on behalf of H.R. 1329, and I salute Congressman Bost from Illinois and Congresswoman Esty from the great State of Connecticut for their great work in a bipartisan fashion to…

I look forward to the Navy heeding the direction from Congress.

I do want to put a statement in the record, with your permission, talking about language that we put into the omnibus regarding the remaining funding for procurement of a third DDG-51 for a 'swap ship,' as it is called.

the Navy must get to work now to build more ships.

the budget appears to continue President Obama's 30-year shipbuilding plan and does not seem to reflect the latest assessment by the Navy.

It has been called the gold standard of public shipyards because of its efficient, high quality work.

You mentioned you are concerned about the readiness of the fleet, a concern that I share.