Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 3043, the Hydropower Policy Modernization Act of 2017. Mr. Chairman, while Members on both sides of the aisle support hydropower…

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 5- minute vote on passage of the bill will be followed by a 5-minute vote on suspending the rules and…

This bill that we are considering is not only unnecessary but it would also turn a good program into a bad program.

I oppose disrupting this program by moving it from EPA to DOE.

I appreciate the effort of Mr. Latta to maintain the development of energy efficiency appliances through Energy Star by preventing the need for class action, something he and I worked on.

I can only imagine the howls and the growls and the threats that we would have heard from your side of the aisle if former EPA administrators, Gina McCarthy or Lisa Jackson, would have simply refused to even show up in person or even send…

I think it does not do us well for us to continue to accept these refusals to come before this subcommittee, to continually accept this restraint and disregard for this subcommittee.

I support H.R. 3477, the Ceiling Fan Energy and Conservation Harmonization Act, and I strongly oppose the Energy Star Reform Act of 2017.

it is highly unusually and wholly unacceptable that we are now in the month of November and the administration witnesses have been allowed to repeatedly thumb their noses at requests made by this subcommittee to get them to come here and…

The Governor says he was unaware of this contract.

It is my hope that this hearing will shed light on what additional steps need to be taken quickly to restore power.