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 7, after line 9, insert the following: (2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment…

May I inquire how much time is remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina has 36\1/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from New Jersey has 36\1/2\ minutes remaining.

It is funny. I see polluters over people act. We are talking about increasing natural gas production and delivery in this country. According to EIA data, switching to natural gas has accounted for as much as 61 percent of U.S. emissions…

The rush to disaster is this rush to green energy policies without thinking about the replacement source of power generation that can be provided by American-produced natural gas, delivered to where it needs to be to produce the power and…

I applaud leadership for allowing this bill to go through regular order. It went through three committees, 21 bills, hearings, markups, amendments offered, and here we are today. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from…

We should fix the grid and harden it from the EMP threats and other things, but while we are doing that, we need the pipeline infrastructure to get the resources to where they need to go, and that is in our communities so that baseload…

I thank the chairwoman for her leadership on this bill. The Lower Energy Costs Act is a product of countless hours of discussion between leadership, stakeholders, and our constituents, who are tired of higher costs for less reliable…

Exporting U.S.-produced, cleaner-burning natural gas to places like Vietnam and China, which allows them to take their coal-fired power plants offline, actually lowers carbon emissions globally. Democrats say they care about carbon…

Let me just say it is great to see the American people in the gallery for once listening to a debate on energy. It is so important to them. Madam Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Fulcher). The Acting CHAIR. Members…

I am glad we have got so many members of the Energy and Commerce Committee to come down and show the American people how we are going to lower their energy costs. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg), a real…

I am glad the people at home are watching this on TV or here in person because they are learning that H.R. 1 is going to lower their energy costs. Madam Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Weber), who is a valuable…

It is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Bucshon), whose State is at the crossroads of America.

Parents everywhere must have the ability to make educational decisions for their children. Though an obvious right, unfortunately, many school districts have been influenced by extremist special interest groups ignoring parental wishes. In…

This legislation will enhance our Nation's domestic energy production while lowering energy costs for Americans across our great country. I urge everybody to support H.R. 1.

I am glad to have the author of the bill on the floor, Mr. Scalise. Mr. Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from West Virginia (Mrs. Miller), my guardian angel.

This is an important first step in providing transparency and accountability necessary to the American taxpayer.

Without any question, that is where the buck stops.

This is an important first step in providing transparency and accountability necessary to the American taxpayer.