It is an amusing discussion what is a side issue or a theoretical issue with no practical application. Sounds just like someone who comes from a State that receives more than a dollar for the dollar they kick in, and that's exactly the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. This motion is simple: it simply ensures that the minimum rate of return for any State under any new highway reauthorization is 95 percent. As I'm sure everyone is aware, every gallon…

I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Fortenberry). The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Flake moves that the managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of…

I rise to thank the gentleman and express a lot of shock here. But I appreciate the fine work the gentleman does on this legislation. Again, this program is advocacy for a proven technology. After 13 years of this program, to spend…

Madam Chair, this amendment would prohibit funding for the Wind Powering America initiative under the Department of Energy. Hot air jokes aside here, nobody can say that the Federal Government has not been good to the wind industry…

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk, designated as Flake No. 3. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None…

Madam Chair, it was mentioned that government research, the Federal Government typically gets involved in research when the return is too far out for commercial enterprise to realize any benefit. I would suggest that that just doesn't…

Madam Chair, I know we have been on this bill a long time, and I don't plan to take my full 5 minutes here. This amendment would simply prohibit funding for the Department of Energy Batteries and Electric Drive Technology program…

I have an amendment at the desk, designated as Flake No. 2. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds…

Madam 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 Arizona will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. DeFazio Mr. DeFAZIO. I have…

What I simply meant was take back the spending level to where we were last year. Nobody wants to go back in time. But if we want to talk of a future for our kids, as was mentioned, saddling them with $15 trillion in debt doesn't give them…

Madam Chair, funded at $32 billion, the FY2013 Energy and Water appropriation bill that we have under consideration today actually spends about $87 million more than we did last year. With a $1.3 trillion deficit and a national debt that's…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that two detailees from my office, Herrick Fox and Benjamin Thomas, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the debate on S. 3240, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012. The…

So our thought with the appropriations bill was, can we take a step or two while we work out the comprehensive piece, or legislation, which would then take over the whole process.

As I said in my opening remarks, whether you are for Yucca Mountain or against Yucca Mountain, we need to break the stalemate.

It is important to protect Tennessee, I know, from the unilateral action of getting a nuclear site.

I think your consent-based recommendation just clears the air, it doesn't resolve Yucca Mountain for now.

We have had a stalemate here for about 25 years, as you have said in your report. And we in Congress have caused some of that.