Bill Johnson

I'm proud at this point to yield 3 minutes to my good friend from Pennsylvania (Mr. Meehan).

I have to respond, I think, briefly. I appreciate the ranking member's passion in addressing these issues, but we need to clear up what some of the facts actually are. CBO has scored these bills and has come back and said that there are no…

I am proud to yield 3 minutes to my colleague from Ohio (Mr. Latta).

I believe strongly that states' rights plays a predominant role in the decisions that we will make about gaming.

I do believe that gambling is an enticement to some who would see a potential quick fix to a financial problem.

I have no further Members who wish to speak on this issue. If my good friend is prepared to summarize, I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

Jobs and the economy are a big thing to the people that I represent.

I worry that this discussion draft reflects a lack of imagination that will not help this nation meet the competitive challenge we face.

This is not the time to be timid. This is the time to send a clear message to the appropriators of our priorities as authorizers.

I would be very happy to work with the Chairman and with all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to craft a bipartisan bill that truly sets a vision for continued U.S. leadership in science and technology.

We need to get back to the approach to legislating that has served this Committee well for many years.

Come on in. The water's fine. All the Congressmen, all of our staff have to go into the exchanges.

I think it is reprehensible that you would come before the American people as a director of a department and you don't know.

Let me remind the committee that the jobs, development, economic stimulus, and the tax revenue that will come if we build Keystone at no cost to the taxpayers.

I thank the gentleman. And the point that you just made and that our colleague from Kentucky made--it's not simply a war on coal, it's a war on American jobs. It's a war on the American way of life. We have to stand. Mr. Speaker, I'm proud…

I thank our colleague. I think you can see, Mr. Speaker, the passion that's coming to Washington to advocate on the part of the coal industry. We're not just talking about a black rock that's dug out of the ground; we're talking about…

The U.S., while retaining the vestiges of its leadership position, should recognize that merely maintaining the current policies and programs will lead to continued erosion of our economic capabilities.

My bill creates a pilot program that will provide small and medium-sized manufacturers with vouchers that will allow them to 'buy' R&D or innovation expertise as needed.

We need our manufacturing sector to be the most sophisticated in the world, using the newest technologies and the most efficient methods and processes.

Secretary Moniz said, that DOE would follow the law.

I want a monthly report. This committee wants a monthly report just like we are going to get from the NRC.

I would invite my colleagues on the left, and anyone else who wants to come to Appalachia Ohio and meet the coal miners.

I'm insulted by it, the people in Appalachia that harvest coal and depend on coal for their livelihoods, they're insulted by it.

With this legislation, we will save taxpayers untold more millions of dollars and save thousands of direct and indirect jobs.

OSM has been derelict in their duties since the start of this Administration because of their mismanagement of the rulemaking process.