Natural gas has been the No. 1 reason the United States has reduced more greenhouse gas emissions than any other country.

FERC has been extremely slow in approving new gas and oil pipelines.

Our action in response to the crisis in the Nagorno-Karabakh will be key to broader U.S. policy toward the region.

We should be able to do both.

Ending this conflict would bring peace to a fractured region and remove one of Russia's key levers of influence in the region.

The ongoing instability in Europe and Eurasia has made clear the need for a strong U.S. policy on the Caucasus.

We should be able to do both.

The ongoing instability in Europe and Eurasia has made clear the need for a strong U.S. policy on the Caucasus.

Our action in response to the crisis in the Nagorno-Karabakh will be key to broader U.S. policy toward the region.

Ending this conflict would bring peace to a fractured region and remove one of Russia's key levers of influence in the region.

I thank my colleague for yielding. This is an important week when it comes to the vehicles that we have and the access to those vehicles. To that end, I rise in support of an upcoming bill, H.R. 1435, Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases…

Ending this conflict would bring peace to a fractured region and remove one of Russia's key levers of influence in the region.

That is true. H.R. 1435 is not the only answer, but it certainly is a step in the right direction. Just keep our internal combustion engines alive and going. By the way, the cleanliness of the vehicles that we have, the internal combustion…

That affects everyone else. We didn't even get into the whole topic of just the overall economic and environmental impact, and the resources necessary to build these electric cars. The resources need to be sourced in unfriendly areas…

This is a very bad situation, and it is up to us to try to do something about it.

Only in California can something like that be brought up, but, yes, that is my understanding. That is the direction they are going.

The ongoing instability in Europe and Eurasia has made clear the need for a strong U.S. policy on the Caucasus.

It is no longer a question of if we can replace the dams, but rather how best to replace the services provided by the dams on a timeline that avoids extinction of salmon and steelhead.