I was proud to have passed the American Manufacturing and Competitiveness Act in 2014 as part of a broader manufacturing legislation package requiring publication of a strategy for American leadership in advanced manufacturing.

Better rail infrastructure is urgently needed to expand service.

Please fund the infrastructure that supports commuter rail.

Adequate funding for our passenger and freight rail service is a critical thing for improving safety, livability, and growing our economy.

Please fund the infrastructure that supports commuter rail.

Thank you, Congressman Lipinski and the Subcommittee again for the opportunity to testify.

I'm hopeful this year will be the year Congress steps up to the plate as well.

The CREATE program, which Congressman Lipinski supports and has gotten funding for, is a perfect example of a public-private partnership which benefits everyone.

I actually put a bill in requiring railroads and rail transit to take the safest route.

I just want your commitment to working with other parts of the Administration.

the private sector is also important, but you know, ARPA-E was created because there are things that the private sector will not invest in that the public sector must.

We will soon be voting on H.J. Res. 79, which attempts to remove the deadline for ratification contained in the equal rights amendment, which passed Congress in 1972. Over the decades, we have made great strides in our Nation in promoting…

the strategy talks specifically about bolstering cybersecurity education and manufacturing.

I thank Chairman Scott. I am a proud supporter of the hardworking men and women of our Nation, and no one does more for American workers than organized labor. Workers standing together and bargaining collectively have been instrumental in…

America has a freight rail network that is the envy of the world, and that network helps make American businesses more efficient, helping to create jobs.

It is time the railroads do better in maintaining their property.

The notion that the way a community experiencing blocked grade crossings should try to solve the problem is to fill out a report and submit it to FRA or call the railroad and hope the railroad will unblock the crossing is not a solution.

The current amount authorized for the section 130 grade crossing program is nowhere near enough to fund one grade separation in my district, let alone the many that need to be done across the country.

This is National Catholic Schools Week. Every year, I introduce a resolution to recognize the outstanding contributions that Catholic schools make to our Nation. My own education at Saint Symphorosa and Saint Ignatius provided the…

No, go ahead, say you need more money. I'd be happy to hear you say it.

One thing that the U.N. Emissions Gap Report, one of the opportunities that the report recommends for the U.S. is introduction of carbon pricing.

I really think we should fund ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy) to a much greater extent to help.

I think it's more important now than ever that the Nation's leadership in high performance computing is maintained because of national security, economic prosperity, and innovation that are critical to our country.

I'm concerned that we're in a tight global race through the completion of the first exascale computer in the world.

I thank the gentleman from Hawaii for yielding and for his work on this bill. Madam Chair, I rise in support of my amendment to ensure that Great Lakes States have access to the resources in this bill, so they can address climate change…