"it has now become, in many cases, nothing more than a weapon to stop or delay any kind of development"
"I want to thank Congressman Mast for his leadership on H.R. 2712. This is the Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act."
"I want to thank Congressman Joe Wilson for authoring H.R. 3542, the Hamas Human Shields Prevention Act."
"These policies incentivize terrorism. With this legislation, we are forcing the PA to choose between U.S. assistance and these morally reprehensible policies."
"I want to thank our ranking member, Eliot Engel, for collaborating with me on this bipartisan text that we are taking up today."
"Maybe just a very narrow exception to the Jones Act, possibly, just as we need to look at environmental regulation waivers."
"I would like to commend one of our Representatives who is here today, Representative Velazquez, for speaking out on this issue."
"I cannot overstate how critical it is, especially for this Committee, to have a state perspective on resource management activities."
"I do want to thank Representative Pingree for putting forth this bill."
"What our bill would do, is make sure we dedicate resources for this specific work."
"Mr. Young's bill supports the partnership between NOAA and companies such as Fugro that have access to the resources and advanced technologies that can map the ocean floor in a fraction of the time."