There are bad apples everywhere-someone stole some computers, and there was a story about it.

I think it's useful to segment the truly unique things we do.

I resonate very strongly with the comments you've made on the risks of excessive risk aversion.

When something happens, Congress has to have a more mature reaction.

This plot shows the excellent correlation between the per capita transportation fund spending in each State with the number of Senators per person that the State has. And that says a lot about how broken our transportation trust fund…

I thank the chairman and ranking member for their hard work on this bill. Madam Chairman, my amendment is simple. It requires the Department of Transportation to send an annual report to Congress on how much funding each State has received…

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 12, after the item relating to section 62001, insert the following: Sec. 62002. Determination of…

I view the European solution, the CoCo mechanism, as superior because it warns the banks when they are in danger of being--

On rollcall No. 545, I was unavoidably delayed and missed the vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''

Many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have continually reminded us that they are not scientists. We have also heard this from several of the Republican candidates seeking our Nation's highest office. As a scientist myself, I…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

As the only Ph.D. physicist in Congress--in fact, the only Ph.D. scientist of any kind--I have taken very seriously my responsibility to review the technical aspects of the proposed agreement. After over a dozen briefings, many of them…

The title of the hearing is that the Power Plan will shut down power plants.

What I'm fishing for is, what is the balance of, you know, human suffering and death versus economic goals?

I was wondering just in general, you know, if you for whatever philosophical approach to this you take, how would you calculate the economically optimum number of people to die in Ohio each year?

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

This is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to the committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage as amended. What this commonsense amendment does is something that I…

I am in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Foster moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1734 to the Energy and Commerce Committee, with instructions to report…

We are living through the aftermath of a disaster caused by the complete failure of Republican monetary, fiscal, and regulatory policy.

The House and Senate will soon go to conference on a customs bill that was part of a trade package that was mostly passed into law last month.

In the last year, we have seen far too many examples of conflict and violence in our communities. While we cannot forget or ignore these tragedies, it is important that we recognize the good that is happening throughout our country every…

During rollcall vote No. 376 on H.R. 1190, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``yes'' when I should have voted ``no.''

Thank you, and I'd like to thank the whole Research and Technology Subcommittee, including the Chair, Congresswoman Comstock, and Ranking Member Lipinski for allowing me to join you here today.

I have an amendment at the desk, offered jointly with the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Garrett), my colleague. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short…

I thank my colleague from New Jersey. Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.