Kathy Castor

One of the worst impacts could be to the climate. And colleagues, we have a responsibility to understand the impacts to the world's climate because climate change does threaten our public health, it threatens our economic security, it…

the difference here in the great United States of America is that what the Republicans have tried to do is have this Keystone pipeline approved by passing a bill and giving short shrift to a lot of those health, safety, and environmental…

I am afraid the majority party's push to override those considerations will eventually come at the detriment of our communities throughout both countries.

This is dirty stuff. Do we have the technology to address these issues? It is not clear at this point that we should be going gangbusters, full speed ahead, until we really can address the economic and environmental impacts of tar sands.

I am very pleased to see so much bipartisan support for legislation to devote 80 percent of the fines and penalties under the Clean Water Act from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster to the Gulf of Mexico. And I reluctantly have to oppose…

The Republican love letter to Big Oil could be the kiss of death for small businesses, hotels, motels, shrimpers, fishermen, and families that rely on tourism, and that's just in the State of Florida. This bill puts too many jobs at risk…

I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. CASTOR of Florida moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3408 to the Committee on Natural Resources with instructions to report…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage of the bill, if…

At this time I'm pleased to yield 2 minutes to our colleague from Louisiana (Mr. Richmond).

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Republican leadership's transportation package is a dead end. It is being panned by businesses, Democrats and Republicans alike. What we will vote on next is the Republican funding portion of the…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank our colleague, Representative Capps, for yielding time and for her great leadership on behalf of middle class families across America. I rise to encourage all of our colleagues to get to work on middle class tax relief and also…

Clean energy is creating good jobs all across America, and it is most often not accompanied by the harmful impacts to the health in our communities, environmental impacts, impacts to the water that we drink and rely upon.

When you talk about clean energy it is something that brings us all together.

I would really like to encourage my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to organize a bipartisan hearing on jobs related to the fastest growing energy sector, and that is clean energy and renewables.

The clean energy sector is now providing one-fifth of all electricity global, one-fifth of all electricity worldwide, and it is growing.

I thank the gentleman for the time. I support a balanced budget, and I support a balanced budget amendment; but this version would place a very dangerous straitjacket on our country's ability to address a disaster. I'm very proud to…

There is a growing problem across America involving identity theft and tax fraud. This new kind of criminal will steal Social Security numbers and then file for a fraudulent tax return. The City of Tampa Police Department recently…

I thank my colleague from the Energy and Commerce Committee for yielding me time. In December of 2008, the communities surrounding the Tennessee Valley Authority's coal-fired plant in Kingston, Tennessee, suffered one of the worst…

I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Castor of Florida moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2250 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce with instructions to report…

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I will close by asking, in the spirit of the original bipartisan adoption of the Clean Air Act 40 years ago, that we come together on a bipartisan basis to adopt this important amendment to protect the health of…

The debate on the GOP pollution bills has been very heated at times. The debate has exposed very divergent views between the parties here in Congress on the importance of clean air and on the value of good health for all Americans. Despite…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. The vote was taken by…

You know, coming from Florida, we really appreciate our clean water and clean air because jobs and the economy are directly tied to having clean air and clean water.

I think it is time to bring it in for a landing rather than continuing to delay it.