John Sarbanes: “All I am trying to protect again is the situation in which all time is used up on this side and then there are 80…”

Congressman Blunt Rochester and I again have led a letter this year to the House Appropriations Committee requesting $11 million for the National Center on Health Workforce Analysis.

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposition to this bill. Today, we are arguing about a proposed Department of Energy efficiency standard for stoves, not just gas stoves, but every sort of kitchen stove…

Congress gave EPA this role more than 50 years ago under the Clean Air Act and reaffirmed that responsibility in 2005 under the Energy Policy Act.

I was unable to vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 272, H.R. 1606; and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 273, H.R. 3672. personal explanation