Alan Grayson

We need to do better than this if we want to maintain a reliable, resilient electric grid.

Energy storage has the potential to solve problems such as interruptions in power on the electric grid.

Storage can be the next revolution in our energy future if we invest sensibly.

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

I don't think that you can properly deny someone a passport or the right to travel without clear and convincing evidence.

I wonder how much longer the Sunni states will stick with the coalition once these Shia militias go on the rampage.

Does it make sense for us to be deploying the most powerful military force that the world has ever seen and spend $1 million to kill some man standing in the desert 6,000 miles from the closest American shore holding a 40-year-old weapon?

I feel like I am hearing more ideology than I am economics at this point.

That sounds more like ideology than economics to me.

Well, also because not a single commercial entity can internalize all of the generated profit, isn't that correct? Isn't that the essence of a public good?

We can't just drill our way out of this problem.

America is mired in a long-term negative energy trade balance.

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 Florida will be postponed. Amendment No. 33 Offered by Ms. Wilson of Florida The Acting…

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 574, after line 17, insert the following: ``SEC. 6552. STUDY ON SCHOOL START TIMES. ``The Secretary…

I think the issue that we need to be looking at is trying to broaden terminology and understand that it is the tenets or organizations and groups that adhere to this ideology and make it broad enough that if one pops up in a different…

My bill, H.R. 189: the 'Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015', would extend for one calendar year the foreclosure and eviction protections that currently exist for active duty members of our military forces and…

My bill will ensure that the steps taken to come up with this roadmap are transparent, and that all stakeholders are fully engaged in making sure that we provide the resources that our commitment to our veterans demands.

No soldier should ever have to fight abroad and return home only to find that home is no longer there.

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 Florida will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Massie

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting 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 this…

I thank the gentleman and yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Grayson). The amendment was agreed to.

This amendment is identical to other amendments that have been inserted by voice vote into every appropriations bill that has been considered under an open rule during this Congress. It is also identical to the amendment I offered to last…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 9, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $2,800,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House…

This amendment is identical to other amendments that have been inserted by voice vote into every appropriations bill that has been considered under an open rule during this Congress. It is also identical to the amendment that I offered to…

A century is much too long for violations of religious freedom to go unanswered.