Yesterday, Japan's Prime Minister addressed Congress. Each U.S. President has their Japan opening initiative. All fail, as will President Obama. Soothing words are what Prime Minister Abe gave Congress yesterday. But here is the scorecard…

I would like to inquire of the Chair, how much time do we have remaining on this side, please? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio has 22 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Idaho has 26 minutes remaining.

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Ms. Castor

I claim the time in opposition, although I am not opposed to the gentleman's amendment. The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I have no further requests for time, so I yield back the balance of my time in the interests of moving forward with the bill.

I also appreciate the Members bringing this to our attention, having visited more than one of these facilities and look forward to working with the chairman to support this very worthy activity.

I would like to yield 30 seconds to myself to just thank the gentlewoman very much for her comments and to say how very much I enjoyed visiting the Berkeley lab with her out in California and knowing the work that they are doing not just…

I yield 4 minutes to the very distinguished gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey), the ranking member of the full Appropriations Committee.

I, as well as the chairman, appreciate the gentleman coming to the floor and pointing out some of the inadequacies of process here, but I wanted to just state for the record that a couple of the items that the gentleman targets, I think…

I appreciate the chairman's yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. I first want to invite the gentleman from Alabama to Ohio to see part of the new energy sector in our country. It is absolutely incredible, and it…

We will have more coal-fired utilities shut down in Ohio than almost any other State, so I identify with what the gentleman is saying. Frankly, I think that we, as a country, have to be much more responsive to our miners and to coal…

I just want to say to my fellow Great Lakes member that I appreciate his coming down here tonight at this late hour and representing the interests of the Great Lakes. We need stronger voices, and you, obviously, are one of those. I am so…