I rise in opposition to these very able gentlemen's amendment. While I have some sympathy for this issue--and it's not a new one to this bill--I believe that more consistency should be brought to the way we evaluate wetland impacts, not…

I rise in support of the gentleman's amendment. Congressman Lynch, I think, has really thought through this proposal very well. His is a modest amendment. Actually, the bill that we are considering is $29,425,000 above the budget request…

I thank the gentleman, and I, evidently, very strongly support his amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Lynch). The question was taken…

I rise in opposition to the gentlelady's amendment and wish to point out to our colleagues that this amendment will prohibit any funds made available by the act from being used by the Department of Energy to finalize, implement, or enforce…

I want to thank Congressman Higgins for offering this important amendment, and Congresswoman Schakowsky for her leadership on lakes issues, and also Chairman Frelinghuysen for his openness to those of us who happen to live in the Great…

I am rising to express sympathy with the authors of this amendment, Congressman Scalise and Congressman Richmond. And you're eloquent spokesmen for your districts and your regions. I hope that you and the membership understand that one of…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. Last year, wind energy was the largest source of new generating capacity in our country, comprising 42 percent of all new generating capacity. Overall, America's wind energy capacity…

I rise in opposition to the gentleman's amendment and wish to say, first of all, it is unnecessary because there are no funds in the FY14 bill that are allocated to be used for nuclear weapons reductions below the New START levels. The…

I rise in strong opposition to the gentleman's amendment. I'm not quite sure why he's doing this, but, you know, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided $3.25 billion in borrowing authority to modernize the electricity grid. I…

I thank you very much. Now, I don't live out there. I'm from a part of the country that doesn't have one of these, but most of America is covered by power marketing authorities. If you really look at California, if you look at the TVA…

I hear what the gentleman is saying, but they actually do pay it back through usage. Just like you pay a utility bill and it goes back to the company, essentially WAPA is a company, and it borrows and then it pays back. And so these funds…