Chip Cravaack: “I withdraw my reservation, and I rise in opposition to the motion to recommit. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman…”

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, over 700 pilots have been vetted and not trained; 1,500 pilots have applied for the program but have not yet been vetted. It costs about $6,000 per pilot to put them through the backlog for…

So I truly believe that capturing these kids early on where it is cool to be an engineer, it is cool to be a scientist and how much we value science and technology in this country.

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, I'm going to tell my colleague how much mining and timber contributes to the school trust fund. Mr. Chairman, in the most recent school trust fund report, it shows that mining and timber contributed $23.17…