Jim Baird

The damage done to our Tribe during the years in which the status of our reservation has been thrown into doubt is beginning to reach catastrophic levels.

I would first like to state that for me, as a Mashpee Wampanoag woman, mother, grandmother and a leader of my community, and as a woman whose blood and bones have been in my territory for 12,000 years, I am sitting here today with one…

Congress has the power to prevent this with the bipartisan Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation Reaffirmation Act.

U.S. manufacturing plays a central role in the Nation's economic security and in our competitiveness.

I hope that today's hearing will help inform research and a regulatory framework that continues to ensure safe and ethical development of biotechnology without stifling innovation.

Although I strongly oppose H.R. 1, I appreciate the intent of Mr. Lujan's amendment. This amendment would improve the election infrastructure innovation grant program established in H.R. 1 by requiring consultation with the Director of the…

We really appreciate the work that you did and the other Members of this Committee in order to get a farm bill finished at the end of last year.

We are looking forward to the opportunity to work with you to implement this farm bill and look for ways that we might make improvements in the future.

I just want to thank the gentlewoman, and I appreciate all her efforts regarding this issue. Mr. Speaker, I rise here today to voice a concern over the actions taking place in New York, Virginia, and across the country that directly…

As a farmer and an animal scientist, I know the importance of leaving the land healthier than how we found it for our next generation.

I'm honored to be here in that capacity and to be able to have the discussion that we're having today about climate change.

We think past actions best predict future actions, and Iran has defied the United Nations Security Council and the IAEA.

My colleagues, it is time to call on our allies in the State of Israel to stop shooting children. Since March of this year, 17 children have been shot by Israeli snipers near the border of Gaza, shot for the crime of picking up small…

In conclusion again, I just want to acknowledge the leadership of Mr. Hall, the ranking member, who has been instrumental in prior work to make sure we had developed competitive technologies to gain access to these resources for the…

I rise today in strong support of the bill before us now, H.R. 2693, the Oil Pollution Research and Development Program Reauthorization Act... We have people working in more than 100-degree weather, in a terribly difficult environment, and…

I have immense respect for him and hope that people appreciate the kind of contribution not only that Admiral Allen is making but that all of the coasties and other government employees are making down there, as well as the many local…

If we have an interaction system wherein people are making decisions with a known possibility of a blowout and blowout preventers that have a fairly high probability of failure, somebody needs to intervene and say what the heck is going on…

I think one of the best things that can happen to a Member of Congress is the privilege to serve on a committee you are passionate about and with a chairman and ranking member who you have deep respect for, and that certainly applies to…

I want to commend the gentleman from Florida. His personal story is one we hear so often. But he knows it firsthand, from his time as a child, an occasional red tide where his parents probably said, No, you can't go swimming today, son, to…

I think the recognition of the severity of this problem is much appreciated... it is a deadly threat and an economic loss.

I am so delighted that Mr. Ehlers is here for a number of reasons. First of all, the history of harmful algal bloom legislation really owes its existence to this gentleman. As a scientist, as someone who cares passionately about the people…

I am very pleased today to be honoring the two Nobel Prize-winning physicists on their remarkable achievement. Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith, of Bell Labs, were recipients of the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics, along with Dr. Charles…

I want to commend Ms. Castor for her comments, and join her in acknowledgement of the incredible leadership of Connie Mack from Florida. We talk about the costs of this legislation. Consider the costs to Florida's economy, to the Gulf…

I would just mention, as my dear friend from Texas pointed out, that anybody who has had the opportunity to visit some of these nationwide competitions and see the enthusiasm of these young people as their robots compete in everything from…

I am particularly pleased about the aspect of this legislation that will eliminate what I feel are counterproductive barriers to participation by firms that receive venture capital in the SBIR program. This issue was brought to my…