Mr. President, I am back with my increasingly scuffed and battered ``Time to Wake Up'' sign now for the 138th time to urge that we stop sleepwalking through history. Climate change, as we know, is already harming our oceans and our farms…

American leadership in the world is critically important today, given the many challenges facing the United States, our allies, and our partners around the globe.

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment, which would eliminate funding for the Department of Energy's EPSCoR program. For more than 40 years, the Department of Energy has provided academic…

I am pleased that this committee has once again come together in a spirit of bipartisanship to mark up the State Department authorization for the first time since 2013.

the existing sanctions regime has not caused the administration to impose a single imposition of sanction for human rights.

I think part of the challenge for us, though, is that we were told during this process that getting the nuclear issue off the table was so critical.

I thank the gentleman for yielding go. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong support of the amendment offered by my colleague from California, which would strike this misguided provision to prohibit funding of the National Ocean Policy, which…

Mr. Chair, I offer this amendment with my good friend and colleague, Congressman Larsen of Washington, to support the continued assessment of the feasibility of using low-enriched uranium, or LEU, in naval reactor fuel that would meet…

Mr. Chair, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Rhode Island? There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. The amendment is withdrawn. Amendment Offered by…

Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 53, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $5,000,000)''. Page 54, line 14, after the…

Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 53, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''. Page 54, line 14, after the dollar…

Mr. Chair, now that the technical correction was made to the amendment, my argument stands as to the previous amendment. As I said, the goal of the amendment is to allow R&D to take place using LEU, low-enriched uranium, for naval reactor…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you and the Ranking Member for holding this very important hearing.

Yeah, I think that the point about being reluctant to share, by the way, we have got to work at getting over that.

However, I must respectfully disagree with the conclusions they have drawn today before this Committee.

There was no evidence to support allegations that Commissioner Koskinen deliberately misled Congress or attempted to obstruct a congressional Committee.

for over 40 years the Clean Water Act, passed in a bipartisan manner, has strengthened the health of our waterways.

That's Rhode Island's story.