Our Nation is facing a serious confluence of factors affecting our energy policy: a growing global demand for energy, a heavy reliance on fossil fuels, high energy prices, and climate change resulting from harmful emissions.

Yesterday was the court-ordered deadline for the Trump administration to reunite more than 100 children under 5 years old with their families. The administration has failed to meet this deadline, and that is shameful. Dozens of babies and…

We certainly recognize on this Committee that investment in exascale systems and high-performance computing is important for our economic competitiveness, national security, and many reasons.

environmental challenges are often disproportionately felt by some of our most vulnerable populations.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I spent the day before Father's Day at the Federal prison in Oregon, meeting the 123 asylum-seeking immigrant men who are incarcerated in prison. They were fleeing horrific violence and religious…

We have great potential in this country for innovation.

I also have a poll conducted in April of 2018 by the American Lung Association that found that 75 percent of voters support the enforcement of the 2015 Ozone Standard.

The Clean Air Act is one of the most successful pieces of public health legislation enacted by Congress.

It is almost Father's Day, a good time to think about the fathers in our lives and in the families we are honored to represent. I think about the families in Northwest Oregon, and I know that too many are still facing challenges. Too many…

Once again, I want to thank Congressman Brat and Congressman O'Halleran for their work on this important legislation. Mr. Speaker, I urge its passage, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Barton). The…

I, again, want to thank Congressman Grothman and Congressman Lamb on this important legislation and emphasize again, that once we get the report from this task force, we need to have the funding--the resources, the money--to implement its…

In the time I make these remarks, 1 minute, and every minute after, the equivalent of an entire garbage truck full of plastic will be dumped into the oceans. That is about 8 million metric tons a year, endangering marine life. Today is…

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 21, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $10,000,000)''. Page 32, line 1, after…

I appreciate that offer of the gentleman to work together on this important issue with a lot of promise for additional renewable energy jobs and sources. So, Mr. Chairman, we do need to be making stronger investments in clean and…

Too many working families still struggle to pay their bills, to take care of their families, and to save for their kids to go to college or to take care of aging parents. The middle class--households with an income between 67 and 200…

We can no longer sit back and debate the merits of taking action.

We had unusually hot and dry conditions, and of course, the fires and smoke created dangerous conditions.

Both mitigation and adaptation strategies can help people in the district I represent.

Our economy in the Northwest is really dependent on the health of the ocean and the lower Columbia River estuary

Climate change is an important issue to our constituents and to our country.

The Science Committee should not be a forum where the human role in climate change is still debated.

Does not regulation drive the development of technology?

I'm disappointed to see that the Department of Energy's budget proposal would make significant cuts to the development of clean energy technologies, including water power.

Mr. Secretary, with a 57 percent cut, that's serious, and as someone whose responsibility it is to advise the President, I hope that you will advise the President that this is a good investment to invest in renewable energy.

One of the bills I'm cosponsoring is the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act that would require foreign and postal operators to provide electronic data.