I'm pretty certain we won't hear any of that today from the majority members and their witnesses.

The social cost of carbon is a complex metric which our witness Dr. Greenstone has described as the most important number you've never heard of.

In fact, in 1982 the tobacco company R.J. Reynolds produced internal talking points about the social cost of smoking when Congressman Henry Waxman was holding hearings regarding the harm to the public's health from cigarette smoking.

This was not a political tool. This was an attempt to protect our environment.

Now you're thinking that we're going to be more like 1.6.

Okay. Great. Thank you very much.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my concerns with H.R. 228. While the legislation seeks to provide additional flexibility and support to Indian tribes--a worthy goal--I remain concerned that it could have the effect of weakening the services…

I think it is only tenable that we stay with the Iraqi Government's support rather than against their wishes.

I kind of, in my own mind, use the phrase 'partner.' You used 'partnership.' Partner, not protector, and trying to kind of look at it that way.

I believe the President has made an excellent choice in asking you to serve as DNI.

You will always present to the President, his Cabinet and advisers and Congress the unvarnished facts.

You assured me that you will not support the return of waterboarding or other so-called 'enhanced interrogation practices.'

This is truly about upholding the core values and sanctity of the democracy that all Americans hold dear.

I will not accept any process that is undermined by such political interference.

Maintaining your integrity and independence even in the face of political pressure is an absolute requirement of this position.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the legislation. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte) that the House suspend the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins), the chief sponsor of the bill, and a member of the Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Speaker, I do not believe I have any speakers remaining. I reserve the balance of my time.