I want to thank the gentleman from California for yielding. I also want to thank Chairman King of New York, as well as Ranking Member Thompson of Mississippi, for cosponsoring this commonsense legislation. What we're trying to do is reform…

I want to thank the gentlelady from Tennessee for yielding time and also for bringing this amendment forward to instruct the conferees on the transportation bill. If you look at what the amendment, what the motion to instruct, is saying…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for his leadership and for bringing this legislation to put a good energy policy in place in this country, which we do not have today under President Obama. If you look at components of the bill, it…

I support an all-of-the-above energy strategy which says that you don't just depend on oil but you absolutely explore for oil, you explore for natural gas, you advance coal, you advance nuclear, you advance wind, you advance solar.

If we opened up Keystone tomorrow, that is a million barrels a day we would be getting from a friend that we wouldn't have to be getting from some of these countries that don't like us.

I would imagine if you asked the Secretary of Defense to count how many billions of dollars that American energy production actually yields to the Federal Treasury to pay for our national security to fund the Department of Defense, I hope…

I guess that means he thinks the future is bankruptcy and lost jobs. I sure think we should go a different route.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 29, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''. Page 36, line 10, after the…

The amendment that I bring forward zeroes out the Open World Leadership Center. This is a subset of the Library of Congress. This is an agency that's received millions of dollars over the years-- in fact, $123 million over the past 10…

I'm prepared to close, and I would first like to address some of the issues that were brought up during this discussion. As it relates to the idea of having exchanges with people from foreign countries, that's why we have a State…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Louisiana will be postponed. {time} 1020 Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Moran The CHAIR. It is now…

I appreciate the opportunity to present this amendment. What we're doing is we're transferring $10 million from the Department of Energy salary and expenses account over the Corps of Engineers' construction account. The reason this is…