Rob Andrews

I know just how beneficial these authorities are to the Department, and I do not want my amendment to prevent the Secretary of Defense from using these tools to continue to improve energy efficiency and renewable energy use in the…

That is correct. The amendment, as I would have wanted it drafted, would not have had that restriction in it. However, I was required to include it to avoid a point of order for direct spending.

I again thank Mr. Skelton, Mr. Hunter, and Mr. Saxton for this, I think, excellent effort to improve upon a very real problem that we saw in acute relief last week in New Jersey. I would urge adoption of the amendment.

I am aware of the extraordinary burden that this requirement could impose on residents of rural and remote areas of southern Arizona. I look forward to working with the gentlelady to find an appropriate accommodation.

This President has used the resolution that we passed some years ago as a blank check to take us into a disastrous situation in Iraq, leaving Afghanistan half done. What we are trying to do with this amendment is simply say to the…

I believe that it is in the interest of freedom-loving people around the world to deny the present regime in Tehran access to a nuclear weapon. The amendment that I submit does not raise the issue of the propriety of Iran having a nuclear…

One of the key determinants of the country's economic prosperity in the future and our ability to become less dependent upon imported fuel from around the world is our ability to develop alternative renewable fuels. One of the most…

Mr. Speaker, it's not surprising to me why there is such disorientation from the erstwhile majority about the budget resolution that will be going to conference. It's because it contains a principle that they don't understand, which is…

by vetoing this bill, the President refuses to sustain the troops that we have sent to Iraq. Every dollar they need, every ounce of protection they need, and the health care they need when they come home is in this bill that he has vetoed…

I congratulate the outstanding athletes of the Lady Vols of the University of Tennessee for being outstanding students, outstanding athletes, and great representatives of their university in this country. I must say, coming from New…

If your grandmother had breast cancer, you shouldn't be denied a job or a promotion. That's what this bill says. If your dad is a diabetic, you shouldn't have to pay higher health insurance premiums. That's what this bill says. When the…

just to save my good friend from Wisconsin the time, I represent a State where 7.5 million people will not see the repeal to their marriage penalty relief, a State where 7.5 million people will not see capital gains rates go back up under…

I deeply respect the ranking member of the full committee, and I know his intentions are very sincere, but I think the Members of the House deserve a record that is accurate. Let me review the five points that he made and set forth what…

this bill has the potential, I believe, to do great good for the working people in this country. I believe it has the potential to reenergize the middle class of our country. But I believe the opponents of the bill have grossly overstated…

I oppose the amendment. First of all, let's make it very clear that salting, the practice the gentleman addresses, is legal. What is not legal are disruptive practices if one is working for an employer, as they should be illegal. The…

For the last 25 years, the regime in Iran has secretly and unlawfully commenced the process of acquiring a nuclear weapon. This is a grave threat to peaceful and freedom-loving people around the world. This is a regime headed by a…

I am sorry to disappoint the opponents of the minimum wage, but this is not your day. This is the day for the people who empty the bed pans, change the bed linens, sweep the floors, and do the hardest work of America. After a 10-year wait…

Mr. Speaker, colleagues, our country is living on borrowed time. A quantity of highly enriched uranium or plutonium the size of a grapefruit that could be put into a vehicle the size of a U-Haul truck could result in the detonation of a…

if tonight the National Security Adviser walked in the Oval Office and said, ``Mr. President, we believe there is an imminent attack about to occur in the United States, and we want to listen in on a phone call,'' we think there should be…

everyone who has spoken in this debate on both sides I think shares a deeply held conviction that they want terrorists who would threaten this country prosecuted, convicted and punished. Because I believe the commencement of those…

I regret that, because I was taking my children to their first day of school, I missed one vote on September 7, 2006. Had I been present I would have voted ``yes'' on H. Res. 981 (Providing for the consideration of the bill H.R. 503 to…

this bill offers much to recommend in improving pension law. In particular, I applaud the inclusion of relief for multi-employer plans and the clearing up of some of the contradictions and ambiguities around hybrid defined benefit plans…

No bill more clearly captures the distorted values of the majority of the House than the bill before us right now. People who earn the minimum wage and work full time mostly live below the poverty level, and they have been waiting for a…

I rise today to honor Tim Friedman on his retirement from the House of Representatives and the House Democratic Cloakroom. Mr. Friedman, a native of Lackawanna, NY, arrived in Washington, DC, in 1976 and started his career in the House of…

I thank the chairman and again thank my coauthor, Mr. Jones, and once again urge adoption of the amendment.