John Sarbanes

Let me say again that Democrats strongly support the intention behind this bill, but we cannot support it as it is currently drafted. We believe that we can do better. I urge Members to vote ``no'' on H.R. 4889. I yield back the balance of…

I believe that by allowing the ACP to shutter operations, we are essentially seriously further hindering our ability to readily provide domestically enriched uranium for national security purposes.

I want to support the DOE's investment in these sorts of activities.

I think you are having a field day.

I can't tell you how much confidence you give me in the Department of Energy's role in the environment portfolio, all of these innovations.

I believe that is a very flawed decision.

I think it was right to do that.

I think the American public would find that unacceptable.

We promised to rebuild and strengthen the decimated health system in West Africa, and America's word is its bond.

I want to thank the panel. This is a fascinating and sobering topic.

It is not helped by the fact that people don't really understand this product.

There is a little bit of a moral hazard dimension here in that you can imagine people saying, well, I don't necessarily want to step in now and be the guinea pig if it doesn't look like structurally the system is actually going to get…

I had the opportunity for about 18 years as an attorney to work with retirement communities, nursing homes, assisted living facilities in the State of Maryland and saw how critical the resource of Medicaid is for our seniors.

The legislation that created FirstNet was not my preferred approach. I favored construction from the bottom up, not the top down.

I urge support of this important bill. I yield back the balance of my time.

The new Federal environmental regulations could lead to rolling blackouts in Midwest by the summer of 2016, unless action is taken to boost reserve generating capacity.

Again I want to urge my colleagues to support this important measure, S. 611. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Actually, President Obama this morning, at his press conference in Paris, spoke about how goals were set on where the cost of certain kinds of power generation would be.

I think Congresswoman Ellmers and Congressman McNerney share this perspective in what, for example, the Department of Energy might be able to do by establishing some sort of grant opportunities, programs, collaborative initiatives that…

There is, I think, bipartisan interest on this committee already reflected in some of the hearings we have held.

I think the average person would think that this is a very reasonable undertaking on your part.

I have got to believe that if some of them are paying attention to this hearing, they would be scratching their head.

So actually, one of the most important things that operates on the typical applicant to give them pause... is actually not operating in this instance.

I commend you for the heroic efforts which your people apparently undertook to explore all of those various weaknesses.

It is pretty clear that the process of eligibility verification going between the various systems is probably one of the most complex that any agency or group of agencies would have to manage.