Kathy Castor

This committee has held a number of productive hearings on these important but sometimes overlooked areas.

There is a bipartisan consensus regarding the importance of making sure that DOE is effectively managing its contractors.

The structure and culture at DOE has allowed for inadequate focus on management and performance.

It is very important and a positive sign that the Department of Energy has taken action...

In 2007, the Congress updated the RFS with the explicit purpose of reducing carbon pollution from the transportation sectors.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his unceasing efforts. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to this rule and H.R. 5 because the Republican bill fails America's students. Mr. Speaker, America's public schools are the…

I think the Affordable Care Act is working for families and it is certainly working for small businesses...

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 22, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $1,127,954,000)''. Page 22, line 8, before the period…

I appreciate that there is a point of order brought up, but I think there is a major point of order that faces this House of Representatives, and that's the fact that the Democrats have appointed conferees to negotiate the budget, and my…

At this time, I will insist upon a vote on the point of order. The Acting CHAIR. The Chair is prepared to rule. The gentleman from New Jersey makes a point of order that the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida violates…

I think that is a major deficiency in the bill.

Doesn't it make--does it make sense for a permit to be granted that could be in violation of Federal statutes?

We empower these agencies to assess the impacts of a project, set appropriate terms and conditions to protect the public interest and public health.

I thank the chairman of the Agriculture Committee and the ranking member and thank them for including the Castor amendment in the farm bill. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle C of title III, add the following new section: SEC. 32_. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE…

America faces so many challenges today: How do we create more jobs? How do we boost economic growth? How do we support middle class families and small businesses, build things in America again, improve our schools, and invest in our…

Coal is the single largest contributor to climate change and global warming, and the resulting impacts... are quite dire for our country and all across the globe.

With everything science is telling us about climate change and carbon pollution, should our country be promoting and increasing exports of coal?

I thought that might be the case and just wanted to bring that to your attention at the outset of your services, Secretary.

It is time to change this status quo, and empower the prosecutors to do some things, some innovative things.

I have great concerns on H.R. 2231, the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act, which would open up much of the east coast and parts of California and Alaska to offshore oil drilling.

We want to permanently replace the Medicare physician payment formula, this SGR that is very poor public policy.

The reforms that we adopted in the Affordable Care Act are helping to reduce the growth in spending in Medicare already.

We should be incentivizing physicians to transform their practices and participate in these innovative payment models.

I think we are so far beyond the discussion draft. It doesn't provide us with any real direction on payment reform.