The House decided to spend $5 billion on a goddamn wall that won't do a thing to protect America.

I thank Mr. Tonko very much for joining us. This issue is about those of us who are here today, but it is, far more importantly, about those who will be in the future. I want to dedicate this hour to a very special person, our new…

I thank Mrs. Roby, Mr. Harper, and Ms. Sewell for bringing to our attention one of the important organizations that develops leadership here in the United States, and, obviously, from the two of you, Mrs. Roby and Ms. Sewell, who are…

I will make this very brief. I know we are up against the clock here. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Shuster so very much for chairing the committee during my tenure on it and Mr. DeFazio, also, for his leadership. I want to also express my…

We will turn to another topic, I think, of interest, if my colleagues would just excuse me for a moment. I always try to start these sessions with purpose. What are we all about here? And I often use this from Franklin Delano Roosevelt…

He will live in the future, either a very good future that we and our colleagues here build for him, or one that is not. To Faith and Eric Bardet, we love you. Thank you for this beautiful gift. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my…

With that, I think I have consumed all the time allowed. I will simply close in this way: All in all this is our third effort to successfully pass legislation. I see the majority counsel over there. I thank John so very much for working…

I wanted to move to the subject of climate change, however, my colleague, Terri Sewell, has reminded me that a very important organization needs a few moments, so I yield to the gentlewoman from Alabama (Ms. Sewell), to speak about the…

I thank the gentleman so very much for his very forceful words and for the fact that he brought to the table not alternate facts, but real facts laid out by the scientists who put this together. We have a challenge, and I know, with the…

Indeed, we are paying for it in so many way. I showed earlier the fires, the floods, the sea level rise that is already occurring, the storm surge that recently affected the Panhandle of Florida. All of these things are the reality of…

Before the gentleman leaves, I brought this up because I know that these wind turbines, these windmills are part of the gentleman's life. You spent, as you say 25, 26 years building these systems. I believe he was doing it in Altamont Pass…

In the gentleman's discussion, Mr. Payne hit upon a really important issue, and it relates to this. I brought this up because this is where I am coming from on public policy. When FDR said that it is whether we provide enough for those who…