Jim Baird

I just would echo Mrs. Biggert's astute comments. We talk a lot in this body and in the administration about the importance of launching new energy research initiatives. The fact is we have a number of efficient technologies before us…

I will just very briefly again commend Mrs. Biggert for her leadership on this. She has been steadfast and dogged on this. We hope with the changes we made to this bill, it will meet the approval of the other body. This is not a partisan…

Mr. Speaker, when we examine market barriers for advanced research energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, we find that a simple lack of public knowledge often keeps those technologies on the laboratory shelf and out of the…

I rise in support of H.R. 1068, a bill to amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991. This is a bipartisan bill which Congresswoman Biggert and I introduced. I want particularly to acknowledge the role Mrs. Biggert has played in…

every Member of this Congress, every Member is absolutely committed to the security of our families, our communities, and this Nation. And every Member is absolutely committed to supporting our troops and our veterans. The real question…

I rise in honor of the 150th birthday of Vancouver, Washington. As we say back home, Vancouver not B.C., Washington not D.C. America's Vancouver was the first incorporated city in what is now Washington State. It hosts its proud heritage…

I would suggest that we have had time to look at this. I would concur, and I will say that in the future, when future measures come up, especially measures that are new to this body, I will work very vigorously to ensure that the minority…

Of the many concerns my constituents had as they looked at the Congress over the last few years, one of the most important and troubling had to do with the minimal amount of time we were repeatedly given to address important pieces of…

because of Republican inaction, minimum-wage workers have not been making a living wage for years now, and are forced to work 40 hours a week for wages that don't give enough money to afford increased housing, food, health care or gas…

I share my good friend from Wisconsin's commitment to trying to lower the budget deficit.

I thank my ranking member. The gentleman from Wisconsin is well intentioned. We all, I think, recognize the need to reduce the size of this deficit. {time} 1630 But there is an irony here, and the irony is this: The gentleman spoke about…

I thank the gentleman, and hope that we might be able to work on this in the future. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment. The Acting CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the amendment is withdrawn. There was no…

I'll just make two quick points. It is a red herring, to say the least, to say that this is about giving President Bush or the Bush administration control over our Federal forests. Max Peterson was the former Chief of the Forest Service…

I want to add one other environmental consideration on this, the issue of greenhouse gases. When you talk about billions of boardfeet of timber down post-Katrina, and you think about what happens if there is a secondary burn and how much…

two things. I have spent a fair bit of time studying that. It is distressing that my friend from New Mexico, who requested a congressional hearing, was not able to answer a direct question earlier about whether or not the Donato study…

all the American people really need to know about this lobbying bill is that our friends on the Republican side of the aisle want to clean up Congress the way teenagers want to clean up their bedrooms. Instead of socks and sweatshirts and…

I would close my comments by sharing with Dr. Ehlers the observation of how important this research is. Our Nation, as a whole, just celebrated the men's and women's Final Four, and I am sure many Americans could list the names of who hit…

I want to thank Mr. Salazar, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Osborne, and Mr. Gingrey for their thoughtful remarks. Just to close my portion of this commentary, people sometimes ask why I am so committed to this. Before I was in Congress, I spent 23…

I thank the gentlewoman, and the gentleman from Louisiana as well, and want to begin by extending my condolences to Jimmy Duncan and his family at the loss of Congressman Duncan's mother. I rise today to support H.R. 4826, a bill to extend…

I rise today on behalf of local communities in my State and throughout this country that are fighting a terrible battle against methamphetamine, its production and use. And I rise to express grave concern about the impact of our…

I am well aware of the issues with AMT. The issue with me is this: you have not paid for it; the Democrats have. What you are not talking about is you are passing deficit on to our kids. You are passing debt on to our kids. I visited with…

on Saturday December 3, I was proud to join more than 4,350 volunteers to conduct the largest single-day food drive in the State of Washington. Throughout Clark County, Washington, members of social service clubs and volunteers from all…

since I first came to Congress, I made it a priority to restore sales tax deductibility for my constituents in Washington State. Last year, working with a bipartisan coalition lead by Mr. Kevin Brady and myself, we did successfully do…

earlier the gentleman from Indiana said that budgets are about choices. Unfortunately, here is what they mean when they say choices. They are asking the wealthiest Americans to choose between realizing their investment profits through…

I rise today to extend my personal condolences, that of my family and all of the constituents I am privileged to represent, to the families and victims of this terrible natural disaster. I almost did not come down here today because I am…