I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 28, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced to $0)''. Page 60, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 28, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $9,500,000)''. Page 60, line 12, after the dollar amount…

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 Georgia will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

My amendment would reduce funding for basic energy science research by cutting 10 percent out of its $1.5 billion budget. It would apply those funds to the spending reduction account. Basic energy science is a worthy goal to explore…

The bill before us today cuts significant amounts from a number of programs which I have traditionally targeted for spending reductions. Now, I commend my friends, the full committee chairman, Hal Rogers, and the subcommittee chairman…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 26, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $158,309,900)''. Page 60, line 12, after the dollar amount…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: TITLE __--JUDICIAL REVIEW SEC. _01. TIME FOR FILING COMPLAINT. (a) In…

The bill before us today has great potential to create jobs, to boost our economy, and provide our country with new, much-needed sources of energy. But as written, it also has the potential to invite frivolous, duplicative lawsuits filed…

I thank the gentleman. I urge support of my amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I'm not advocating for ``loser pays'' in all civil cases. My amendment relates only to these specific cases, in which an extremist environmental group files suit after suit simply to stop the development of natural resources and energy…

Perhaps instead of continuing to announce new broad and sweeping policies related to global warming, the President could focus on his current costly regulations already in the books.

I do believe we agree on the value and benefit of ESPCs, and I look forward to hearing from our witnesses on how we can improve the program.

Perhaps instead of bypassing Congress to implement a plan by Executive Order that launches a 'war on coal'--as well as a war on jobs--this Administration could work with Congress on an all-of-the-above energy approach that includes coal…

I would like for you to pass on this message to the appropriate person or persons that it is inconsiderate to provide testimony 18-1/2 hours before a hearing when the deadline is 48 hours.

I hope our government will start looking more at insulation as a process.

I applaud the Vice Chair's bill that he has put together and I think it is important for us to proceed.

the folks in Oklahoma need more advanced warning, and I don't think it is the government's responsibility to decide how they respond to that warning.

I understand climate research and I understand weather research, and I just disagree with maybe my Democratic colleagues over where our priorities should be set.

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 Georgia will be postponed. Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Enyart The Acting CHAIR. It is now…

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 part II of subtitle D of title I, add the following new section: SEC. 1487. REPEAL OF…

My amendment would simply repeal the outdated and expensive dairy price support law enacted as part of the Agriculture Act of 1949. This provision created a commodity support policy for dairy production that, though suspended upon the…

From the comments my good friend from Minnesota and my good friend from Oklahoma stated, maybe we should repeal the whole '49 law. I would be all in favor of working with both gentlemen to try to find some way to do that. I'm sure both…

The reason is that the milk price support is actually a ``floor'' for the cost at which the government buys surplus milk. What that will do is raise the cost that the government is going to have to pay for this surplus milk, which is just…

Reclaiming my time, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to…

How much time do I have left? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.