Jeff Denham

I am going to tell you it is one of the main reasons of frustration for this committee.

It is good to see you this morning. Glad to see the Chief's Report for phase 1 to the Lower San Joaquin River is now signed and included in the WRDA bill.

Mr. Kelly, once again here when the original vote was approved as a $33 billion project and we found out just a couple years later it was a $98.5 billion project.

I think everybody up here voted for the NEPA Reciprocity Act, NEPA/CEQA, so that we could streamline these projects.

According to Prop. 1A, this was supposed to create 300,000, I believe, men and women hours through...

$10.6 billion? And while we are waiting for that funding gap to come in, whatever that new revenue is, will we have high-speed rail on that segment?

The question the other 49 States ask us when we are talking about funding and whether or not we have more Federal funding is what are you doing yourselves?

Will it be high-speed from San Francisco to L.A.? That is one of the things that continues to be debated.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I have an amendment at the desk, amendment No. 26. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 38, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''. Page 80…

I just hope it doesn't take another big blowup like what happened in Edison for you to move on some of these regulations, because it is going to be catastrophic.

You would expect, once a law is passed, signed into law, that it gets implemented very, very quickly.

What takes so long to implement a rule? We are talking about 2011 and 2016.

System-wide, this will save the VA millions of dollars each year and directly improve safety and healthcare for our veterans.

This bill seeks to further close the gap between transitioning members and the VA by helping them occupy positions currently in demand at the Department.

This bill stops that.

I introduced this bipartisan bill to improve care for our veterans and ensure we are using the latest cost-saving technology.

The Denham-Costa amendment makes permanent authority of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to enter cost recovery agreements for evaluation and processing of permits for public utility, natural gas companies, and railroad carriers. The goal…

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 30, strike lines 15 and 16 and insert the following: (1) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating…

Let me just say, Mr. DeFazio has said this is very broad. It is very, very succinct. Title 49, section 31502 is the law. The regulation is 40 CFR 395. This is very, very tight compared to 1994, when the Democrats had control of the House…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title I, insert the following: SEC. 1__. JUDICIAL REVIEW FOR PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE…

Let me just, in closing, say my wife and I extend our condolences and prayers for Rick's loving wife, his mother, their children and grandchildren. On behalf of all who knew him and benefited from his tireless efforts, we thank them for…

I would like to yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Panetta).

This is an important law that will reform the Surface Transportation Board to work more efficiently to better regulate the railroads.