I am particularly concerned about Pell Grants and IDEA as I have been visiting schools in the 25 school districts in my Congressional district.

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join my colleagues today in support of H.R. 4005, the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act. I know that the chairmen and ranking members have worked…

I want to thank my colleagues on the committee. I really appreciate working with them. I want to make clear that when we worked on this--this is a reprioritization of how the Office of Oceanic and Atmosphere Research lays out its own…

I support Ranking Member Miller's proposal to increase the minimum wage.

Thank you very much, Congressman Pocan. Thank you for leading this discussion. The discussion about extending the emergency unemployment compensation program is such an important topic. Last week, the country marked a troubling milestone…

Last year, President Obama laid out an agenda to address one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time: climate change.

In 2013 there were seven extreme weather events, which I think is kind of a nice way of saying great big huge horrible storms, that cost the economy over $1 billion each.

Let me close by saying that I know many of my colleagues across the aisle are skeptical about whether humans contribute to climate change.

As we conclude the panel, I wanted to thank every one of you for coming here today to inform us.

There has been some discussion today about the potential increase in costs if the carbon capture and storage rule is--when it is implemented.

I wanted to ask you also--thank you for your testimony--that you mentioned in your testimony that the EPA plans to issue proposed guidelines to lower carbon pollution from existing power plants by June of this year and that the Agency…

The impacts are real and we must do all that we can to mitigate the effects of climate change.

I am supportive of the Administration's efforts to transition the United States to a lower-carbon economy.

It is really, at a basic level, about good jobs for our constituents, growing the economy, and... really looking at the decline of the middle class.

It is critical to have teachers and former teachers working to strengthen the profession, so thank you.

I have been honored to work with them and our ranking member, Mr. Hinojosa, and we will soon be introducing legislation that builds on what the Senate has started.

I hope that this isn't an attempt to prevent or impede the EPA from promulgating regulations.

I truly hope we can work together to find a way to improve public access to federally funded research in a manner that does not compromise the EPA's mission to protect human health and the environment.

Unfortunately, it appears the language in the bill we are discussing today, called the 'Secret Science Reform Act,' may actually prohibit EPA from increasing transparency.

Yes, indeed, Mr. Chairman.

I look forward to further discussions about that.

Improving transparency and public access to federally funded research at EPA, or at any federal agency, is an important objective and one that I fully support.

If implemented, this bill would actually prevent the EPA from using the best available science to inform its regulatory actions.

I am hopeful that we can find common ground and develop meaningful solutions to our Nation's important environmental challenges.

Later this week or soon I plan to introduce the Pay It Forward College Affordability Act.