Bill Johnson

Broadband access is one of my top priorities. We must figure this out.

It is essential that we have an accurate map showing areas that are unserved and underserved so that we know where available resources should be focused.

I urge my colleagues to support the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Johnson). The amendment was agreed to. {time} 2330 Amendment…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 131, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''…

It's now incumbent on Congress to further that certainty through advancing this discussion draft.

Cybersecurity is not a goal that has a finish line because as soon as you solve one problem there is a dozen more right on the backside of it.

I hear about it every day that I'm out and about in my district.

Congress, as I mentioned, bear some responsibility because we allowed that returning guest worker exemption to expire back in 2016.

Please urge the Department of Homeland Security to move immediately to do what Congress has given them the power to do and allocate those additional 63,000 H-2B visas for this year.

I am here today to speak about the importance of resolving the current H-2B visa shortage directly impacting small businesses.

I will yield to my colleague, Mr. Courtney.

This is, the opioid epidemic is not something that we are going to be able to spend our way out of, arrest, or incarcerate our way out of.

I am also pleased that the administration has taken seriously the opioid epidemic.

This funding is so critically important for reinvestment and development of the Appalachian region, including eastern and southeastern Ohio, where I live, and to ensure that Appalachia does not continue to get left behind.

I am optimistic, and I am glad to see that you and the President, the administration is looking at the other side of the ledger sheet--cost and controlling spending as we move forward.

I hear all the time about the urban rural divide. It is very, very real.

My district in eastern and southeastern Ohio that sit on top of the Utica and the Marcellus Shale is no stranger to the economic benefits of the shale energy boom.

We have been working for a long time on the LNG issue and the ability to put America into the LNG markets globally.

For too long we have seen countries like Russia use energy as a weapon.

I am encouraged by this administration's effort to find sensible ways to unleash America's energy.

Can you confirm that the public interest in national security is part of the public interest debate?

I wouldn't be so quick to rush judgment on the importance of incentivizing smaller LNG facilities.

A smaller LNG terminal would be great for them. It would be part of the all-the-above energy strategy.

U.S. LNG, they want U.S. natural gas into their port. So that is going to happen.

The window of opportunity for LNG exports will not remain open indefinitely.