Madam President, I thank my friend and colleague, the distinguished chair of the committee, for her work in managing this bill. This is a huge bill. It has many titles. It is a complex bill. It is a totally vital bill. Both on this floor…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 954, after line 19, insert the following: SEC. __. LIMITATION ON LEASING OFF THE COAST…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I represent a coastal community and we take seriously threats to our Nation's coastline. The Thompson-Woolsey amendment would clarify that H.R. 3408 would not open drilling along the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to address the House in relationship to the transportation bill that we are currently debating in the House this week. Transportation, as you know, has traditionally and historically been an idea where our two parties…

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. {time} 1530 Amendment No. 14 Offered by Mr. Holt…

I don't see how this is going to do anything to affect oil production or jobs if your own Web site says that there's little oil there and we wouldn't be drilling there. So you can't have it both ways. Either there's little oil there and…

Thank you. I just want to point out that my amendment doesn't affect southern California. It only affects the area in the counties that I mentioned--Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma and Marin--an area that has been designated by the…

Do you believe that we should be drilling off the coast of northern California in an area that's one of four major upwellings in the world's oceans, in an area that is prone to earthquakes, in an area that everyone knowledgeable about this…

Mr. Speaker, first let me just thank my colleagues, Congressman Jones, Congressman McDermott, Congressman Ellison and others, for speaking out this morning clearly, saying that it's past time to bring the war in Afghanistan to a swift and…

Thank you. We're all for geothermal. There's nobody on this side that's opposed to geothermal. We think it is a really good resource. In fact, in my own history way back in California, the first geothermal wells were drilled when I was on…

May I ask the remaining time. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 3 minutes remaining.

Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Idaho will be postponed. {time} 1640 Amendment No. 20 Offered by Mr. Scalise The…

It sounds good, doesn't it? Until the well happens to destroy the neighbor's well or until the well happens to destroy one of the many hot springs or geysers that exist in public parks, national parks. It sounds good until you begin to…

I suppose it's time to just finish up this debate, so I yield myself the balance of my time. A quick quote from Paul Thomsen of Ormat Technologies in committee representing the geothermal industry at the legislative hearing June 23, 2011…

My good friend and colleague just asked a very good question: Why don't we have a good American energy policy? You won't get it with this bill. This may be the worst American energy policy I've ever seen. Oil shale, are you kidding me…

In my view, we have to balance budget costs with smart investments.

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Markey The CHAIR. It…

Last year, in the bipartisan pipeline safety bill that was signed into law, I worked with Chairman Upton to include language which requires the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, which is called PHMSA, to complete a…