Before I close, I want to, in a most sincere and humble way, thank Chairman Walden for his outstanding leadership on this matter, and for his breadth of understanding of the difficulties that my constituents have as a result of the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In section 2, strike ``individuals with opioid use disorders'' and insert ``individuals with targeted…

the largest tax cuts from the bill... go to the highest income Americans.

So all told, this tax bill is badly skewed to wealthy Americans.

Ripping young children away from their parents in order to exhort money for a wall is both evil and inhumane.

Either my Republican colleagues endorse and agree with this policy of separating families at the border for political gain.

There are very modest tax cuts for middle class and little or no tax cuts for the working poor.

Unfortunately, Mr. Chairman, I cannot sit here as if this is business as usual when we are currently facing a tragedy that is taking place as we speak at our southern border.

Who is the Republican trickle-down tax bill designed to benefit mostly?

The silence by so many Republican Members of Congress, in light of so many misguided, asinine, and un-American decisions by this administration is both shameful and telling.

I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding today's hearing on improving the hydropower licensing process.

I want to direct my question to Director Turpin, and I mentioned in my opening statement I previously ordered an amendment on H.R. 3043 that would direct FERC and Federal resource agencies to convene a negotiated rulemaking within 90 days…

Mr. Chairman, any potential changes to this process must include a balanced approach that protects the rights of Federal resource agencies, States, and Native Tribes to impose conditions in accordance with modern environmental laws.

I remain very leery of supporting any approach that would make FERC the lead agency over the licensing process and would require Native Tribes, the States, and Federal resource agencies to pay deference to the Commission.

However, the process for how we license these projects is too important for us to get it wrong by making changes that could lead to negative unintended consequences.

While none of the bills previously passed out of this subcommittee have done anything to address this issue, the minority side has offered an approach that would address this critical concern.

I subscribe to an all-of-the-above energy portfolio, even as we move towards a low carbon energy economy.

I support the discussion draft offered by Mr. Flores of Texas which would simply direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to support the availability of high-assay low-enriched uranium.

I believe nuclear energy must play a vital role as a source of safe, reliable, low carbon power.

I support the discussion draft, authored by Rep. Flores of Texas, which would simply direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to support the availability of high-assay low-enriched uranium.

I was unavoidably absent in the House Chamber for rollcall vote 178. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' Additionally, on rollcall No. 179, I was inadvertently recorded as voting ``nay.'' I support H.R. 3053, the Nuclear Waste…

Today we will be examining the state of electric transmission infrastructure.

In your opinion, is Order 1000, as constructed, the best way to increase the deployment of these types of low-cost, clean energy resources?

I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Administrator Pruitt, I must say unlike my colleagues, no, thank you, no, thank you, to the policies of the Environmental Protection Agency under your tenure.