I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding, and I thank the bill's sponsors. Mr. Brady recently, in his speech, mentioned Nick Tullier, the officer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, that was shot, and everyone expected Officer Tullier to be…

Good morning, everybody. First, let me just say, for any Member who is exiting that is considering Former Members of Congress, 8 a.m. is not a normal start time for any meeting. That is safe for me to say, or I would not be affiliated…

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding. Madam Speaker, I want to first thank my friend from Nevada for working with us on this legislation. This is important. I thank my colleague from Louisiana (Mr. Carter) as well as Miss…

It's no secret that, as Members of Congress, we fly a lot.

Now imagine if you are disabled or a differently-abled passenger.

This idea that this--this is one of the lowest hurricane-- instances of hurricanes in hurricane season in a long time--we went one 12-year period where we didn't have really any significant hurricanes--that even the Intergovernmental Panel…

I think the point Mr. Rossetti just made is absolutely key, that ensuring that the technologies that the Federal Government is involved in, that there is a path to economic sustainability because that is the only way that you achieve a…

if we are going to truly address climate change, we have got to stay focused on emissions.

And throwing more money at it is not the answer.

It weakens NATO because our European friends, our NATO allies in Europe, they need additional conventional energy sources.

So, once again, a science-uninformed bill that once again the Committee is putting forth.

There is no question that the law has resulted in benefits to many communities and our environment across the United States in many cases.

Yet, we are watching this Administration go out and ask Venezuela, ask Iran and other countries for energy.

These are boneheaded decisions that are clearly outside of the scope of the Clean Water Act.

We have watched, the States have come in, misapplied section 401 in ways to achieve their objectives related to climate change goals.

How has this law that is supposed to be protecting our wetlands resulted in the agency in charge of regulating them the greatest loss of wetlands in the United States history?

Every action that this Administration has taken virtually, has added up and resulted in greater greenhouse gas emissions.

This is once again another piece of legislation that completely ignores facts. It ignores science, it ignores data.

Data doesn't lie, and the facts show that this Administration's energy policies are pushing people into poverty, are pushing jobs overseas, and are making energy unaffordable.

We are talking about misrepresenting the truth to the American people.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, let's be clear. Everybody in this Chamber supports lowering prescription drug costs, lowering these outrageous costs that all of our constituents are paying across the country. We all…

We are going to have to triple investment in our electrical grid to meet growing demand.

the regulatory barriers that exist today are often caused by a lack of adjustment in regulation.

Certainty is crucial for investment.

there are plenty of ways to get transmission built.