I would just say to the offerer of the amendment from Texas that I come from a part of the country where the Nuclear Regulatory Commission did not do its job for a long time. I appreciate what you are attempting to do, and all I would say…

Could I just ask for clarification? Which of your amendments are you addressing in your arguments now? It was our understanding the gentleman was addressing the MOX facility. Are you addressing that or your prior amendment?

I strongly oppose this damaging rider by my good friend, Congressman Burgess of Texas, because it would block the Department of Energy from implementing or enforcing commonsense energy efficiency standards for lightbulbs. This rider was a…

I want to thank Congresswoman Pingree of Maine for her efforts here this evening and for her dedication to renewable energy, including in the tidal arena. I yield back the balance of my time. Amendment Offered by Mr. Abraham

I rise in opposition the gentleman's amendment. It doesn't take a mental giant to see that floods are among the most costly and frequent of all nature's hazards. Between 1980 and 2013, the United States suffered more than $260 billion…

The Gosar amendment blocks funding for the Department of Energy's Climate Model Development and Validation program. This is climate science denial at its worst. The world's top scientific institutions are telling us that we have a rapidly…

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

I oppose this amendment but, believe me, with sympathy toward what the people of the West are facing. I just hope that we can get through this situation reasonably and seamlessly somehow. I oppose the amendment because it would lock in a…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. LaMalfa Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chairman, I have an…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. LaMalfa Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Chair, I have an…

I claim the time in opposition. The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.

I am opposed to this amendment. The way you balance budgets is to have a robust economy, where everybody is helping to pull the ship forward. That isn't the case right now. What we have dug out since 2008 was the largest recession since…