It is critical that if we are going to spend money to make sure our water is safe, we use science and we don't use emotion.

Would your organizations support Federal legislation that would likely result in EPA being forced to regulate numerous contaminants that are present in low concentrations, irrespective of whether such regulation offers meaningful public…

So, to keep cost out of this debate is ridiculous, because it does cost money to meet these standards, and when you try to cheap out, you hurt the very people that you are supposed to locally protect.

Congress declared that quantity was not the true measure of whether EPA was doing its job, but, rather, the quality of the work it was doing.

I think it would be helpful if we would focus on the ones that we know are bad, the PFOA and PFOS.

I thank my colleague for yielding. I also recognize Al Green, who was going to do the same thing. Al Green is a Democrat. Those stories don't get reported very much when you go to a colleague, a friend, a Democrat, and say, ``Hey, I really…

Who has the right to close? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has the right to close.

I claim the time in opposition. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes.

In 1939, Hitler's Nazi Germany and Stalin's Communist Soviet Union signed a secret agreement to invade and create spheres of influence. The Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement allowed Hitler to invade the free and sovereign country of Poland…

I rise again, this time to thank my boys, now young men, for their love, support, and understanding during my time as a Member of Congress. As I stated yesterday, when I was sworn in for my first term in January 1997, David was 3 years…

I oppose the Delgado amendment. Beware of a wolf in sheep's clothing. This is not a technical fix or a clarification of last year's NDAA. There were no colloquies, report language, or public statements rejecting TRI exemptions for PFAS in…

You know, the clock keeps ticking, and before you know it, my time as a Member of Congress will end, so I need to start now saying thank you to some of those folks who have committed their lives in helping me and supporting me in my…

I rise with concerns about the troubling pattern of legislating national chemical policy based upon emotions rather than scientific fact, including in this NDAA. I am referring specifically to certain anti-science, anti-practicality, and…

It is no surprise that we have the law of the land for failure of the appropriators to spend the money.

May I ask how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Illinois has 8\3/4\ minutes remaining.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. Amendments En…

I thank my colleague for the time and courtesy. Madam Speaker, I rise to speak about my West Point mom, who just recently passed away. Mary Ellen Witter of Bluffton, South Carolina, passed away peacefully Sunday, June 21, 2020, with her…

Remove barriers and provide incentives to lift economic prospects for those most in need.

the Opportunity Zones legislation in H.R. 1, married with brownfield redevelopment, is doing a lot to help these communities.

Nobody should dispute the human toll when economic opportunity abandons communities.

I am glad that we have an opportunity to discuss some specific steps as to what we can do to improve people's lives.

The last Congress this committee reauthorized the Brownfields Program. It was led by Mr. McKinley.

The solution is the same: Remove barriers and provide incentives to lift economic prospects for those most in need.

I am pro-plastic. OK? Plastic is a material consisting of any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic compounds that are malleable and can be molded into solid objects.

We all want a clean environment, but we cannot fund it in a competitive global marketplace if Americans' ingenuity consciously recedes into a place where our manufacturing sector has a GDP of a third-world country.