Lee Terry

As recent disputes over interference clearly illustrate that the center of these conflicts is the question of who bears the cost of mitigating interference, the incumbent or the newcomer?

I have to congratulate the contractors of NNSA for accomplishing something based upon their mind-boggling incompetence that hasn't happened here in a while, and that is uniting Republicans and Democrats in our desire for change and reform…

When you have that level of incompetence, to keep the same people and organization in place probably isn't a good decision.

It seems like an extreme exaggeration, then, to reach a conclusion if 1 percent of the EPA's budget was eliminated, that that would equal 100 percent of all new technologies and research like the catalytic converter.

I came here under a different impression. I thought we were all getting together so we could figure out solutions here. I'm kind of stunned actually.

The Affordable Care Act is just the opposite--unaffordable. It's chock-full of new taxes, increased government spending, and provisions that are going to make health care more expensive. CBO found that this new law's insurance mandates…

If we can reduce auto emissions, we should.

I would just state that I think the rhetoric far exceeds the facts here. This is a simple amendment just to say when there's a disruption, instead of waiting around, when we know there's a problem, let's take care of the problem, allow the…

I appreciate the gentleman's remarks, but it's really not as draconian a measure as it may appear from his comments. When a waiver is requested, it's usually by a government entity for a region, usually with Governors, and there still has…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My amendment is a rather simple one and I hope all of my colleagues can support it. Many of us remember the devastation brought on by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. But even more folks outside of the gulf region…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: On page 14, after line 9, insert the following new section: SEC. 207. FUEL REQUIREMENTS WAIVER AND STUDY…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for allowing me the opportunity to express my concerns with proposals that would allow the Department of Homeland Security to impose cybersecurity private infrastructure that it deems ``critical.'' The…

I appreciate that very much. With that assurance, I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Terry). The amendment was agreed to.

This is to request a dollar in and a dollar out to be used in that process for the inspector general to look into the VA Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, which is a subdivision of the Office of Construction and…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 37, line 15, after the first dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1) (increased by $1)''. The CHAIR. The…

we cannot allow this to happen. This will diminish economic prosperity.

We create 20,000 jobs building this pipeline, and we have a relationship with China where we access the second or third largest reserve. And the gentleman is right. There's a pipeline that they're building to go off west so the Chinese can…

I thank Chairman McKeon and Ranking Member Smith for accepting my amendment as part of this en bloc package. In the last months of the Bush Administration, a change was made authorizing veterans and active-duty military not in uniform to…

I thank the gentleman, and I rise in strong support of the gentleman from Georgia's motion to instruct conferees to support the Keystone pipeline in the transportation bill. Let's start with a quick tutorial here. Right here above the…

We have already received complaints in the State of Nebraska about an entity that was all privately funded, business, now has competition laid over it with government subsidized broadband.

I thank the gentleman. Madam Chairman, I rise in support of this bill. It's a sensible bill that builds a necessary pillar in the cybersecurity strategy of our Nation. I've immersed myself in cybersecurity over the last couple of years…

He kills those 20,000 direct jobs. There's millions of jobs, if we just used our own resources. Do you know that we can be completely energy secure using our own resources? But this administration lacks the will to be able to do that.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Certainly, the President of the United States knows how to say ``no.'' He says ``no'' to the Keystone pipeline, turning down its application just 3 months ago. This gives the United States access to probably the…

The only ones that are least disadvantaged by that are the biggest entities that have a houseful of lawyers that could go over it and read it. Rural Nebraska doesn't have the opportunity to do that and reply. So giving them sufficient time…

I thank the chairman. Mr. Chairman, may I submit that my friend, who just spoke on the other side, maybe was a victim of some poor staff work that took some liberties to revise and extend the real bill that we are debating here today…