I would like to inquire whether whoever is claiming time to speak on this motion on the Republican side of the aisle is, in fact, opposed to the motion.

And I rise in opposition to this instruction. First of all, whatever your views are on the pipeline coming out of Canada, this is not the place for this issue to be brought up because what this provision would do would be to short-circuit…

At this time, I would like to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Doyle), an important member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

International tourism is a proven engine of economic growth in our country and a significant contributor to our national economic recovery.

This shouldn't be a partisan issue, but we have almost had no hearings in the last year and a half where the Republicans have not turned it into a partisan issue.

Your efforts to set up the broadband programs are paying off.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Assistant Secretary Strickling, we all agree it is critical that the administration implement the provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act effectively.

I support the chairman's ongoing effort to exercise our committees's oversight of these programs and ensure they are being managed wisely and responsibly.

The President, we only have one at a time, this one, laid out a robust goal to attract 100 million international visitors annually within 10 years, a goal that I think both parties ought to support.

Instead of a budget that actually reduces the deficit, which this budget would not do, and that tries to do it in a balanced and fair way, the Ryan budget, and this bill specifically, targets those most in need; and it puts our Nation's…

The bill that is before us today is an unbalanced package of cuts that hurts the most vulnerable populations in our society and the working middle class. There was a budget agreement on a bipartisan basis between the Congress and the…

I understand the concern that is motivating the supporters of this bill, but the bill languages goes way beyond what I think is necessary to address that narrow concern, so I agree with your views.

So when operating under a 202(c) order, should a plant be allowed to run without limit, or should it only be allowed to run when needed to address the reliability problem?

the bill seems to encourage limiting the time of operation to the time of the emergency need, but it is not mandatory.

I don't think it is appropriate for the chairman to comment on each Democratic statement.

This authority is really a last resort. Only a handful of orders have been issued over the years.

I think what we have here are legitimate concerns. We ought to look at them carefully, balance them, so that we don't go too far.

Here we are trying to sort through claims that 24 years was not long enough for the power sector to prepare and a potential 5 additional years of compliance time provided by the rule, totaling to a full 29 years since the power sector knew…

These cuts in basic health programs would be a huge mistake.

If you want to learn how to cut the budget in a sensible way, I would suggest you take a look at the work we did in the Affordable Care Act.

The Republican budget's Medicare cuts would eliminate the program's basic guarantees.

But this bill would change all that. It would allow DOE to waive liability for all environmental violations.

I hope the Republicans will rethink that approach, and I yield back my time.

The Republican budget would repeal the Affordable Care Act, end the basic Medicare guarantee by turning the program into a voucher system.

Wasteful federal spending should be eliminated. Fraud and abuse should be wiped out.