Gary Palmer

So if you--if we really think that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, then why would we be moving towards weather--more weather-dependent energy sources and shutting down our most efficient forms of energy, including…

These brand new deal type things that really don't make a lot of sense in terms of, first of all, mitigating against the climate change that we know is going to occur without doing irreparable harm to the economy.

We had a hearing--I think it was yesterday, it may have been the day before yesterday. Former Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz talked about the need to expedite our permitting for new construction.

I'm not totally--for the record, I'm not against renewables. I just want to make the point from an engineering and technological perspective that it's not possible to provide all of our energy through renewables.

I appreciate your candid and accurate response to that, Secretary Moniz.

If we are going to waste hundreds of billions of dollars, let's build it as efficiently as we can.

Shouldn't we be looking at ways to expedite our permiting process for infrastructure, maybe for building nuclear power plants that have no CO2 emissions?

It takes upwards of 7 to 8 years just to get the paperwork finished.

Billions of dollars in the Federal programs, and yet, we are failing to address one of the biggest obstacles.

I might suggest that, if this were to become law, we implement it only in Democrat congressional districts and see how that works out.

Are you aware that 25--according to the EPA, 25--up to 25 percent on any given day of the air pollution, the particulate matter over the skies of Los Angeles, are from China?

If we are not mining in the U.S. for these materials, where are we going to get them?

I was offended and extremely disappointed that you could not give a straight yes-or-no answer on whether or not the claims that President Trump was responsible for 500,000 COVID deaths...

I would think, though, given the potential efficacy for this drug or preventing the transmission, that it ought to be part of some type of Operation Warp Speed program to get this done as quickly as possible, and particularly for getting…

I think we have got to take that into account.

I just think we need to be open-eyed about this, and all of us, you know, try to be as least ideological and more practical as we can.

Candidate Biden said during a debate that he would not ban fracking. Do you think he should keep his word, or was he misleading the American public?

The Reverend Jesse Jackson has been advocating for the construction of a natural gas pipeline to serve the Pembroke Township in Illinois.

I just want to talk a little bit about some of these policies that concern me, and that is how they impact low-income families.

I hope we can continue to find bipartisan ways to increase transparency of the Federal Government. I strongly urge my colleagues to support this commonsense legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I hope we can continue to find bipartisan ways to build on similar good government reforms, such as this bill. Mr. Speaker, I strongly urge my colleagues to support this commonsense legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I strongly urge my colleagues to support this commonsense transparency legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no further speakers. I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, protecting our public's valuable information by improving the Federal Government's cybersecurity and adopting modern technology…

This is an unspeakable tragedy that has taken place in this country, and I think Purdue has a tremendous responsibility here to make it right.

Alabama has the highest use of opioids in the country.