Sherwood Boehlert

The worst possible scenario is inaction, no one doing anything.

Because you've got sort of inertia on Capitol Hill. You've got some people still thinking the same old way. Some people refusing to be confused by the facts. Not theories. Not opinions. The facts.

For the reasons just cited by my distinguished colleague from Ohio, I remain an enthusiastic supporter of a robust aeronautics program at NASA. It provides so much benefit to the U.S. economy. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to yield 1 minute to…

H.R. 3893 will increase the deficit, harm the environment, undermine the states and give charity to oil companies while doing virtually nothing, virtually nothing to help consumers.

I think this amendment enhances the bill. It adds to the quality of an already good bill, and we are pleased to accept it.

What does ``development of physical facilities'' mean then in the author's mind?

I would propose in response to the gentlewoman that she withdraw the amendment and we work in the spirit of bipartisanship to refine it so we all clearly understand what we are talking about.

Reclaiming my time, reading from the language of the amendment. ``The Administrator shall establish and carry out a pilot program to make grants to minority institutions for the development of physical facilities and infrastructure to be…

I will let the gentlewoman proceed with her time; and then if she exhausts her time, I understand the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Al Green) feels very strongly about this in support of it and he would like to have a minute or so, so I would…

Just let me say to the gentleman from Illinois how much we value his many contributions to the committee and how much we look forward to a continuing productive working relationship. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as she may consume to…

This is an important outstanding issue that does need to be resolved, and it is my intention to address it in the final version of the bill. As Members know, H.R. 3070 as originally introduced mandates that prize contestants keep their…

I note the committee's strong support for parallel electric hybrid buses. I agree, we must encourage the use of low-emission technologies as a way to reduce air pollution from our Nation's bus fleet. I would like to point out that…

The arts motivate and inspire people of all ages to engage in learning, and that is what this is all about. Students who take regular arts courses are proven to score on average 90 to 100 points better on their SATs than students that do…

I will complete the balance of my time by just once again emphasizing that all is not over, all is not hunky-dory, as the phrase goes; but there has been significant movement in the right direction, thanks to good intelligence, thanks to…

The only reason we left out Sicily, because the initial was 6 countries in 6 days; but as the gentlewoman will recall, when we added Libya, there were requirements on the pilots in that they could not fly a certain amount of time beyond…

Modification to amendment offered by Mr. Boehlert: At the end of title III (page 11, after line 8), insert the following new section: SEC. 304. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE DISMANTLING AND REMOVAL OF LIBYA'S WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. (a)…

I believe if we do not reverse this trend, we will undercut our ability to grow jobs. So I want tax relief, but I also want us to be fiscally responsible and pay for it.

I rise to support my amendment. I am offering this amendment on behalf of myself and the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Gordon). This is a straightforward managers' amendment. The amendment makes technical changes to the bill. It also…

As currently drafted, H.R. 3752 incorporates definitions promulgated by the Federal Aviation Administration to distinguish between suborbital rockets, which are under the jurisdiction of FAA's Associate Administrator for Commercial Space…

Let me assure him, this is not additional money. This says to NASA, using your existing personnel allocation, we are giving you flexibility. We say constantly, why does government not operate more like business, like they do in the real…

Reclaiming my time, that is within the existing personnel allocation. This is not additional money, additional to the $2 billion. They are saying if NASA took advantage of all these programs, scholarships, retention incentives, moving…

We have worked well together across the center aisle, Republicans and Democrats. We have to work across the center aisle. We have worked well over the years. This time that cooperation stopped at the center aisle because a conscious…

I think we worked out a very fine compromise that ensures the citizen input, and the majority is pleased to accept the gentlewoman's amendment.

My staff tells me we tried very hard, because we talked in committee about this and I offered to work with the gentlewoman to strengthen the requirements for public participation in the underlying legislation. The staff have had…