Alan Grayson

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 in this…

This is a good government amendment the House passed by voice vote last year. It simply states that bonus payments should not be paid to contractors whose projects are behind schedule or over budget. I urge support for this amendment that…

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. McClintock Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Sec. __. None of the finds made available by this Act may be used to negotiate or enter into a trade agreement whose…

This amendment is akin to an amendment that was considered just a few moments ago offered by Mr. Meadows. This amendment is meant to address a problem that has arisen with trade agreements that has become visible to all of us as Members of…

This is the same parade of horribles that we heard last year before this body voted in favor of the Grayson amendment. It is almost the same, word for word. Last year, we heard that this somehow would allow people to self- certify. Well…

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. Rohrabacher

First of all, I represent the American public here, not the American private. When I was an attorney, I represented private interest, just as you did. Now I represent the public. The reason we refer to the American public as the public is…

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), add the following new section: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by…

This amendment is identical to other amendments that have been inserted by voice vote into every appropriations bill considered under an open rule this year and in the last Congress as well. My amendment expands the list of parties with…

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), add the following new section: Sec.__. None of the funds made available by…

This amendment has nothing to do with medical marijuana. It was passed last year by a vote of this body of 225-183; in other words, it passed by a majority of 42 votes. {time} 0100 The purpose of this amendment is to raise the possibility…

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 133, before line 19, insert the following new section: SEC. 604. ENERGY INNOVATION HUBS. (a)…

This amendment seeks to authorize the Energy Innovation Hubs program within the Department of Energy. I would like to thank Chairman Smith and his staff for working with me to craft this amendment. Because I know that the chairman supports…

I believe that now is the time to build and operate experiments that are capable of demonstrating that man-made fusion systems can consistently produce far more energy than it takes to fuel them.

Fusion holds the promise of providing a practically limitless supply of clean energy to the world.

For decades, the federal government has provided critical support for energy R&D.

Is the market basically trying to tell us that nuclear fission, as a market, is doomed, given the fact that uranium now costs 75 percent less than it did even seven years ago?

What does that tell us about the market's assessment of the future of nuclear energy?

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

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

Even with these benefits, however, storage technologies may face opposition because storage is a technology that can permanently disrupt the electricity sector's business-as-usual model.

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec.__. None of the funds made available by…

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, as well as one yesterday. My amendment would expand the list…

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