Thank you for the opportunity to discuss this evening jobs, putting Americans back to work, building our foundation for economic growth. For many, many days now, in fact, for more than 2 years, the Democrats in the House have been…

Indeed. There is much to be said. I'm just going to share with you, and perhaps you have a similar situation from your own experience. This weekend, I was back in my district in northern California, in Yuba City and Marysville. Now, the…

Also, without adequate levees, you clearly slow down economic development. Now, not every city has a flood problem; although, certainly, in the great Midwest, you see this in all of the cities along the Missouri and the Mississippi and…

I think it's about time for us to wrap up, but I want to engage the public. I don't know how many people are watching C-SPAN this evening. I would like to think there are some 300 million, but I suspect that's overstating it a ways. I…

I think there's more than one Castro. There's only one Garamendi around. So probably JCastro.house.gov. That's the Web site, and they can get in touch that way and keep informed. So I welcome people. If anybody out there is watching this…

I do have one more thing that I really must do before I close down, and that is talk about geothermal energy and one of the communities I represent, Lake County. We have a critical natural resource opportunity in this Nation, and it's…

I think the gentleman who is proposing the amendment is missing some major points. Before a wind energy project can continue or go into effect, it has to meet very stringent environmental requirements. Those environmental requirements…

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. Luetkemeyer

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 the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. The amounts otherwise…

I want to commend the staff, the Chair, the ranking member, and all of those who have worked so hard over the last couple of days to get this bill processed and to deal with all the amendments. It's been an arduous task and one that has…

I offer this amendment together with Mr. Polis. We've heard discussion repeatedly about the value of science. But if we back up a few moments, we also need to understand our values as Representatives of this Nation. There's been an…

The rapidity with which this process is moving, we might be dealing with the Transportation rather than the Energy and Water appropriations; therefore, my amendment apparently passed without an opportunity to present it. We just heard our…