I am honored to succeed our former colleague, Mel Watt.

I would simply point out that, no, the RAPID Act does not guarantee any nuclear power plant or anything else, but it does short-circuit the proper review. It, for instance, says that if certain procedures are not completed within a certain…

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I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Johnson of Georgia The CHAIR. It is now…

the freight panel recommended authorizing dedicated, sustainable funding for Projects of National and Regional Significance.

the panel directed DOT to establish a comprehensive national freight policy and to designate a multimodal national freight network.

Just yesterday the President proposed a 4-year transportation bill that includes $10 billion for a new multimodal freight grant program.

The fact that the FISC several times determined that the use of Section 215 as authorization for what amounts to a general warrant...

You have to describe the thing to be searched.

I think our law has to change.

Both in his analysis of the misuse and abuse of Section 215 and of what will happen to Section 215 if it is not substantially modified either this year or early next year.

Why has the argument changed? Why are we now to apply a different set of metrics to the program?