Peter Visclosky

I believe that there is a place for competition within the Department, but in an era of scarce funding, redundancies must be kept to a minimum, if not eliminated.

On March 8, 2012, I was absent from the House and missed rollcall votes 107 through 110. Had I been present for rollcall 107, on agreeing to the Peters amendment to H.R. 3606, to increase American job creation and economic growth by…

On March 6, 2012, I was absent from the House and missed rollcall votes 96 and 97. Had I been present for rollcall 96, on a motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4105, to apply the countervailing duty provisions of the Tariff Act of…

Economies, ecosystems, and communities all rely on the availability of clean water.

I have been an advocate for an enduring 21st century strategy for our Nation's nuclear deterrence for some time.

I appreciate the budget's strong statement that America will not cede leadership in clean energy.

I would express my appreciation to the dean of our delegation, Mr. Burton, for asking for a moment of silence and the Speaker's indulgence. Mr. Burton rightfully pointed out Mrs. Hall's ascendancy into the Congress and the sponsorship of…

Every time I see a 250-ton windmill imported because we don't make it here, I get furious.

I would hope that we could work our way to have domestically built ships exclusively used for sealift.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. There is great substance in this bill, but I really want to address the process and to begin my remarks by saying how very proud I am of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives and…

I rise in strong support of the legislation. I would like to begin my remarks by indicating that I consider investing in our water infrastructure as a key component in disaster relief, that is if we can avoid disasters in the first place…

On October 27, 2011, I was absent from the House and missed rollcall votes 813 through 815. Had I been present for rollcall No. 813, on passage of H.R. 2576, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the calculation of modified…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise in opposition to the measure. During the debate on the rule on this measure, Joplin, Missouri was mentioned quite often. But I would mention that there is an emergency as far as Tuscaloosa…

Right. We have 10 pending, and I would not be on the floor if I did not believe we've maintained and created jobs and we have potentially 10,000 more jobs than we can create with the $1.5 billion that is pending; and I would point out…

I think I have made my point. I think the gentleman has, and I think this is the wrong policy. Again, institutionally we need to come to grips with natural disasters, set those moneys aside; but in the alternative and in the intermediate…

The gentleman is correct. But I would broaden that to suggest the United States of America is getting that money, and people who want to make things in the United States of America and manufacture things in the United States of America are…

I appreciate the gentleman yielding, and I rise to oppose the taking of the $1.5 billion from the advanced technology vehicle manufacturing account to offset a portion of the Army Corps disaster needs estimated to be $2.256 billion instead…

Again, I thank the staff very much. I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1040 Announcement by the Chair The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were…

I am happy to now yield to the full committee chair, the gentleman from Kentucky.

The logical question to my colleagues is, well, Pete, why are you even standing up and talking about this if you agree with everything the gentleman said? I basically do. My concern right now is if we do terminate partnership in the…

I realize we are at the end of the amendment process. I do not want to take Members' time unduly. I simply want to make a couple of observations in closing on the debate. I, again, want to thank Chairman Frelinghuysen, as well as the…

I appreciate the gentleman yielding and would join him in his opposition to the gentleman's amendment. Again, I think the chairman has stated the proposition very well, but I would point out that the program's technical assistance…

There is a Web page that has been described by the proponent of the amendment at the Energy Information Agency. Over the past 12 months, the Web site has had over 26 million visitors. There are 224 million pages of information. It is not…

I would simply say again we are talking about a standard that was adopted under law in 2007. We ought to try to achieve that standard to save energy in this country. I remain opposed to the gentleman's amendment. I would ask my colleagues…

I would suggest that my colleague's relief stands with the authorizing committees. We have a law in place since 2007. Perhaps he might want it amended through the authorization process. At this point in time, I think it is unwise policy to…