Alan Lowenthal

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 California will be postponed. Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Grayson The Acting CHAIR. It is…

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 114, line 23, through page 115, line 18, strike subsections (b) through (d). The Acting CHAIR…

My amendment would do two important things. First, it would preserve the Energy Department's ability to select projects based on merit, and, second, it would preserve a very basic scientific tenet, the ability of the Department of Energy…

Could you tell me how much time I have left. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I think we could have a productive, bipartisan conversation about building natural gas pipelines when they are thoughtfully sited.

From city halls to the Halls of Congress, there is universal agreement that our national infrastructure, once the envy of the world, is eroding around us. It is eroding from simple political inattention and inaction. We must stop…

I think that, what I am hearing today, there is a lot of common ground.

This bill as written overturns the longstanding requirement for congressional approval of natural gas pipelines through national parks.

I think we can have productive bipartisan conversation about building natural gas pipelines when they are thoughtfully sited.

The bill that we are discussing today needs more work in order to accomplish these positive goals.

I hope we can work together to craft legislation that can help to site pipelines on public lands in a more thoughtful way.

I left with tremendous misgivings about why we are rewarding a country that engages in such bad behavior as human rights and the lack of labor protections.

I believe that a NEPA analysis should include the impacts of projects on greenhouse gases.

Climate change is hitting low income communities, communities of color, and our most disenfranchised people the hardest.

This guidance makes clear that Federal agencies must factor greenhouse gas emissions and climate change into their decisions.

A new global record was set last week, but this is not a good record. The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide surpassed 400 parts per million for an entire month. This is the first time we have reached these levels in over 800,000…

We don't know the effects of greenhouse gases on the climate.

I would like to also make a statement that I am pleased that we are holding this hearing, first, to acknowledge the successes of NEPA.

courts have looked at the question of whether NEPA requires consideration of climate change matters.

I hope this hearing is not intended to undermine and mischaracterize the National Environmental Policy Act, which remains one of our Nation's bedrock environmental laws.

I want to congratulate the Majority for finding a scientist with this unique, contrarian view.

I wish I could say that the budget resolution being moved through Congress right now will help America's middle class. I wish I could say that this budget will help provide opportunities for struggling Americans and security for our…

I thank the ranking member and also the chairman for providing me this time to speak on the floor. I am going to go back. My congressional district is home to the Long Beach Veterans Affairs hospital; the American Gold Star Manor, which is…

40 years ago, the fall of Saigon ended the war in Vietnam and began the journey for hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese who were forced to flee their land for foreign shores like America. This April, we remember those Vietnamese…

I believe Taiwan is a vital partner of the United States and a responsible global citizen.