Alan Grayson: “I have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1615”

I have an amendment at the desk, Grayson No. 1. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by…

What we have here and the hundreds of millions of dollars if not billions of dollars that we are talking about is all based on the idea that CO2 is heating our planet.

But here's my point. You're not just doing this for the sake of advancing scientific knowledge; you're doing this so that we can actually sequester carbon on a large scale and reduce pollution, correct?

This amendment is identical to other amendments that have been inserted by voice vote into every appropriations bill considered under an open rule during the 113th and 114th Congresses. My amendment expands the list of parties with whom…