Eric Swalwell

I think the numbers around the CDC budget over the past few years reflect that prioritizing public health and addressing world-wide health emergencies have not been our top priority.

We have to fight this aggressively, and, most importantly, over in the countries involved in West Africa.

I do want to congratulate you on the success so far on PreCheck.

So I think the question that we are tasked with today is do something or do nothing, and as far as I am concerned, plan always beats no plan, especially when the stakes are so high.

We may be politically less capable of taking the necessary decisions.

I was hoping that you could elaborate on what we are going to do or what we are doing to disrupt any plans of theirs to return to the United States and carry out with the tools and hate that they have built and developed abroad?

The critical component that I am most concerned about is what are we doing here at home.

I watched with great interest our country's response to September 11 and I watched the creation, Mr. Secretary, of your Department.

Our current railway safety standards were not designed to handle anywhere near these levels and types of crude oil transport we're seeing today.

It is widely recognized that DOE-supported research was key to advancing the directional drilling technologies and hydraulic fracturing practices that have made this boom even possible.

I believe this provides at best an energy lifeline, but I think true energy independence in our country will be when we are able to fully harness and capture the renewables.

People in my district and at home in the East Bay are rightfully concerned about what this will mean for their safety and that is why I am glad that the Department of Transportation is finally addressing this issue head-on.

It is incumbent upon Congress, I believe, to make sure that the policies and regulations stay up with the advancements in technology.

It is worth reminding my colleagues here today that this is a great example, whether you agree that this is a long-term solution for our country or not, that much of the advances that have allowed this boom have come from investments that…

His remarks about how ITER, and investments in fusion research can get us to an energy source that is carbon neutral.

This experiment is absolutely essential to proving that magnetically confined fusion can be a viable clean energy source.

I believe that now is the right time to build and operate experiments that can finally demonstrate that a man-made fusion system can consistently produce far more energy than it takes to fuel it.

Fusion holds the promise of providing a practically limitless supply of clean energy to the world.

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 Offered by Mr. Byrne

I appreciate the gentleman from Idaho and his comments. I would just ask that the majority's reasoning for--and I understand tough budgetary priorities have been made--but to reduce EERE's budget but to increase the fossil R&D budget…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 19, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $111,641,000)''. Page 21, line 2, after the dollar amount…

When we are making our budgeting priorities we should be increasing funding for those programs

Unacceptable backlogs in the care in some of these hospitals that have been highlighted like in Phoenix, for example, is outrageous and not what they deserve

What we promise our veterans and how we treat our veterans is not matching up

What can we do as a body to give you the resources you need to make sure that you meet that 72-hour requirement so that children are not staying there beyond that period?