Bill Foster

This corporate malfeasance is exactly why we need a strong and independently funded CFPB.

This hearing, to my mind, is just another example of a rear action by a group of people who didn't accept the facts of climate change and are abusing their positions in the Majority to undertake hearings that will in fact end up being a…

It's long past time that this Committee accepts the scientific facts of climate change like the vast majority of scientists have and take on the very serious work of figuring out where we go from here as a country and as an economy. This…

There is no doubt that the fossil fuel industry is carrying on its books trillions of dollars of proven reserves and there is no doubt that the scientific reality of fossil fuel-induced climate change calls into question their ability to…

I'm rather disappointed that instead of having a serious conversation about how to analyze and mitigate the effects of climate change, we are taking about subpoenas and legal arguments involving shareholder fraud investigations by states'…

And so I think this is a fundamental reason--fundamental argument for diversity, that there are real distributional effects because of the intrinsic trade-offs that the Fed has to make.

So I think an issue is, how can we make sure that the people themselves are represented?

The fact that the Senate is grossly unrepresentative of the actual population distribution of the States results in about $.5 trillion per year wealth transfer from the high-population States, which are underrepresented in the Senate, to…

I want to thank you for everything that you've proven capable of.

Thank you for everything that the FDIC does to make banking safer.

Does that increase or decrease the leverage that the West has that the moment that they break out they will be in violation with all this.

I think at a minimum, you have to get rid of anonymous shell corporations in the United States.

When I step back and look at this problem, I think of it sort of in two different levels.

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 Illinois will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mrs. Black

I inquire as to how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois has 2 minutes remaining.

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 Act…

If you treat capital poorly, it is going to leave. Right now the Europeans are treating capital poorly.

As you are certainly aware, one of the issues in the Iran nuclear deal was the possibility of Iran diverting some fraction of their funds that were released under the JCPOA for terrorist purposes.

I think I'm probably the only Member of Congress that's designed and built a 100,000-ampere superconducting power transmission line.

Assuming that ITER succeeds and that sometime around 2025, 2030, would succeed at everything including DT--the DT program, what are the--going to be the remaining unsolved problems?

When the United States signed up for the project, the representation was made that this project was ready to go.

If you put that on an energy equivalent using Forest Service data, that's a lot of BTUs converted back.

I was pleased to be joined by 11 of my colleagues, Democrats and Republicans, on a letter to the Appropriations Committee in support of full funding for the APS upgrade, so that's on our radar screen as well.

Thank you. I also want to thank you for your supportive words about Argonne's Advanced Photon Source to Mr. Lipinski, and I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues to make sure that the APS upgrade has the necessary funds to…

I was somewhat disappointed to see that LBNF received less than they need to to move forward at full schedule, but I trust that you and DOE are still supportive of this project?