Ed Perlmutter

I want to talk about Tom, who is a 32- year Federal employee and works as an agricultural statistician. He calculates how many cattle are in the western United States and how many acres of hay and crop that we have. This is his fourth…

Some of the most vulnerable people are going to be hurt by this; and, it is your job to make sure they are not.

I urge a ``yes'' vote on this amendment. The facilities account at NREL has been held flat. We need to boost and improve some of the equipment there. So I think this is a needed amendment, and I would ask for an ``aye'' vote. Mr. Chair, I…

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 21, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $5,000,000)''. Page 32, line 1, after the…

I thank my friend from Wisconsin for those comments. He makes so many good points, and he does it in a way that really is understandable by all of us. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), my friend, if he…

I thank my friend from New York for those comments. I can say, to those who are listening, that Mr. Tonko serves on the Science, Space, and Technology Committee and speaks up about the environment and about concerns about chemicals, the…

I thank my friend from Colorado for bringing up these important points, and I wish him well as he goes on about a campaign for Governor in the State of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Tonko), my friend…

I thank the gentleman from Oregon for those comments, who, as always, is very knowledgeable and passionate about the things that really matter to most Americans, and I thank him for being such an advocate for the environment, always, every…

I thank my friend from Maine. The farm bill--and agriculture and the environment--is always something she cares a lot about, whether it is conversations about milk or eggs or local control, which is really sort of at the heart of her…

I know my friend from Connecticut has some other thoughts, so I yield to him.

The gentleman talked about quid pro quo, and the thing that I am worried about, I serve on the Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee of the Committee on Financial Services, where we deal a lot with sanctions: sanctions against North…

I have no other speakers on this. I would ask for an ``aye'' vote on amendment No. 49, and I yield back the balance of my time The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Perlmutter). The…

I hold out hope for all of the Members of this body to want to have the truth and allow this investigation to run its course. And I hope and expect that the Members--Democrats and Republicans--will support and protect the special counsel…

I thank my friend from Missouri, and his words, as always, are powerful and right on the mark. We think this is serious business and it is nothing that we take lightly. My friend, Mr. Huffman from California, is somebody who has given this…

And I say to my friend from Pennsylvania--we were talking about the indictments and the guilty pleas--the last time we really had a special counsel appointed was in 2003, and it took 2 years for one indictment. We are a year into this…

I'd also like to thank Chairman Smith for convening today's hearing.

These states could be both the hackers and the buyers of information?

Let us go bigger. Let us go, one, who are the big purchasers? Is Russia? Is North Korea?

Could I--could I get on there and query, where does Steve Pearce live?

Thanks, Mr. Chair. And this is all very interesting.

I was glad to hear today's news from the Department of Treasury announcing sanctions on 19 Russian operatives and 5 organizations.

I doubt there is a person in this room who hasn't been effected, whether they know it or not, by a data breach.

As we all know, as a fact, Russia used its cyber capabilities to interfere in the 2016 election.

I thank the gentleman, I thank Mr. Huffman, and I thank Mr. Raskin for their comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I thank my friend from Maryland for participating with us. We are going to be doing this because we want people asking this question all across the country. Mr. Speaker, I yield now to my friend from Michigan (Mr. Kildee) to let him close…