John Sarbanes

We have to make sure that we are doing this in a smart and prudent way.

And I commend you for wanting to get more information about the process...

I am very concerned about the fact that we move carefully and smartly with respect to the development of this hydraulic fracturing process...

Some of the questions you have been asked are, I think, based on a faulty premise, which is that environmental regulation and caution in terms of how we proceed with respect to potential impact on the environment is inherently inimical to…

I do want to point out that the industry keeps asserting that there is all this evidence that hydraulic fracturing can't contaminate underground sources of drinking water...

I mean, I come from a state obviously that places the Chesapeake Bay as a number one treasure...

It is equally important that the schools where these career changers are placed are themselves prepared and ready to accommodate

There is a partnership now between the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

This is a really interesting topic. It is something I was involved with quite a bit before I got here.

I think this is a terrific tool that is being put together, the national oceans policy.

This report is an important piece of the puzzle and we ought to pay great mind to it.

I am the author of something called the No Child Left Inside Act, which is a piece of legislation we have been bringing forth over the last two years here.

I think one of the problems at BP was you didn't have that accountability.

Well, my impression is surely the industry is in a position to afford what again would, even increased, would represent a modest contribution to help with the resources of the agency.

I assume you believe that in the Congress' response to what was one of the biggest disasters we have had in recent memory in terms of environmental impact, should go beyond just a simple codification of the reorganization that has…

It is a great missed opportunity because the way things work, frankly, in the public and around here is that you get people's attention for a certain period of time, and if you don't seize the moment, then you can lose it forever.

I think many of us feel that the opportunity to put in place some of the other recommendations from the Commission... presents itself at the time of doing that codification.

If you can put new protections in place that create more confidence over time, that is going to be better for the industry.

I want to commend you for your efforts to keep this reorganization moving in a timely way.

I appreciate your efforts to explain that moving with some prudence and careful thought with respect to this hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling does not constitute a ban de facto or any other kind of ban.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Maryland will be postponed. Amendment No. 25 Offered by Mr. Murphy of Connecticut The Acting…

In closing, let me just say in support of this amendment that I am not on the House Armed Services Committee, but what I understand is the report that was approved last week by the committee criticized the Department of Defense for failing…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Maryland has 2 minutes remaining; the gentleman from Virginia has 3 minutes remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 937. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 276, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr…

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