Mr. Speaker, this is another great effort that we are making, another important step in helping to reduce our energy consumption in this country. It's critical for national security, our economic security and to combat global climate…

I rise today with serious concerns about the trade policy of our country. This is a concern shared by tens of millions of Americans who have concerns every day about keeping their jobs or they have lost their jobs and being unable to find…

as a past NSF grant recipient, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 1867, the National Science Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2007. I want to thank Chairman Gordon, Chairman Baird and Dr. Ehlers for their work in bringing this strong…

As an engineer but also as a former political science professor, I do not want to disparage political science whatsoever. However, it is clear that America does need more engineers, and to do this we have to value engineers and engineering…

Thank you, Congressman Kirk, for the opportunity to come today to speak about Henry Hyde, who has been a great statesman, who has served his district from Illinois and the Nation in such a great manner for so many years. It is a great…

I thank Chairman Wolf, Ranking Member Mollohan for their support on this amendment; and I thank them for accepting the amendment.

I completely understand the concerns that the gentleman from Georgia has, talking about the potential that this could have if we would just open up the Visa Waiver Program to any country, to open it up wide. But there are specific…

in less than 12 days, seniors face a critical deadline. By May 15, they must sign up for a Medicare prescription drug plan. After this date, they will pay a permanent penalty of 1 percent for every month that they wait to join, a penalty…

there is one issue of great concern that I hear about over and over again when I am back home, the needlessly complicated Medicare prescription drug program. Seniors are confused and frustrated as they attempt to study 60 plans in order to…

the whole country continues to be focused on the millions of Americans who have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina. As we begin to understand the enormity of the situation in the gulf region, it is becoming clear that this is one of the…

Mr. Speaker, John Paul II was a remarkable leader whose intense faith, intellectual brilliance, and sheer physical stamina are beyond dispute. He has been an inspiration to me and to millions of others, and his leadership brought people of…

If we ran things, we would have already completed a much more robust investment in our roads, bridges, highways and mass transit here in the United States, putting millions of people to work and beginning to deal with the backlog of…

on September 29, the bipartisan leadership of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure introduced H.R. 5183, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004. H.R. 5183 would extend our Nation's surface transportation programs…

I want to stay that I strongly support this motion to instruct. This is an enormously important program. It is one that the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), the ranking member, has worked on for a long, long period of time. It is…

I rise today to honor the tremendous sacrifice and bravery of the countless men and women who have fallen in service to this great country. This Memorial Day, let us stop to remember all of the American service men and women who have…

This bill is a very fair bill to every single State in the Union. It is really beyond my comprehension that there allegedly are people in States that are going to support this amendment whose States would lose tremendous amounts of money…

Mr. Chairman, the last speaker was talking about the current law. Just a little history for the body. Up until the Senate managed to overrule the House 6 years ago and took the Members' high-priority projects and placed them inside the…

This bill will fund thousands of critical highway bridge and transportation projects across the United States, putting millions to work, maintaining and improving our critical transportation infrastructure. Unfortunately, it is not enough…

I want to say I compliment my colleague from Illinois for putting this amendment forward. It certainly is an issue that has been uppermost in my mind and in Speaker Hastert's mind for a long period of time. In speaking to him about this…

I would also ask that the committee give this issue more review and consideration as we consider future legislation, be it a technical correction amendments or the reopener legislation that the bill before us envisions.

on May 14 of this year, after months and months of delay, the administration finally released their TEA-21 reauthorization proposal. Called SAFETEA, the administration's proposal will authorize $247 billion for surface transportation…

as we debate H.R. 2557, the Water Resources Department Act today, I think it is important to take careful note of intent of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Section 5007 of the bill in fact instructs that certain…

our transportation system is second to none, but let us not sit on our hands. We still have room to improve. Thanks to the leadership of President Eisenhower, and thanks to his experience under the vision of General John Pershing, we have…

tonight I rise in support of investing in our Nation's rail infrastructure and making rail transportation part of a strong transportation triad that includes highway, air, and rail. The freight rail industry is one that provides services…

Freight transportation is a vital and growing industry in the United States. Rail is the most prudent way of expanding the capacity to accommodate growth in freight traffic, allowing for congestion relief on our roadways, cost benefits to…