I enthusiastically support the chairman's decision to accept it. I thank the gentlelady from Texas, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms…

In reclaiming my time, there will also be another amendment on NSF that the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price) may speak to, and with that, I yield back the balance of my time.

Let me thank the gentleman from the great State of New York, and I pledge to him that I would be more than willing to work with him to increase the number of Latino or Hispanic students who pursue STEM education and in support for…

I also would like to join in in whatever we can do from our side to help in this matter so they can come to a positive resolution.

I want to acknowledge the great work of the gentleman from Texas on patent reform. We worked together and he led the effort that has reformed our patent system, I think, in a remarkable way. The majority leader and I spent some time on one…

It is said that you need to be able to hold opposing, competing views all at once, so here we go. First of all, I think that the DEA is one of our extraordinary law enforcement agencies under DOJ. I think the Attorney General has done a…

Will the gentleman yield? Mr. LoBIONDO. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania.

This is an extraordinary and important amendment, and the issue is important not just in Tennessee, but throughout the country. So I also support the amendment, and I urge its adoption. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting…

I share the sentiments of the chairman. Space technology is critically important. I want to acknowledge the work that was originally done by Bobby Braun, who is now at Georgia Tech, Mike Gazarik, who now is the chief space technologist at…

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes.

What the chairman offered--he said $150,000 if we can't get you Holdren or someone to give you a satisfactory answer to your question. There are some rules about executive branch agents, individuals, and advisers to the President not being…

This program has not been reauthorized by the Congress. So let's go back to that. This is a program that was created to provide support to local communities to be able to hire 1 million additional police officers nationwide, and it was put…

With all due respect, this is an attempt to authorize on an appropriations bill. These buffer zones that have been put in place under the expertise of NOAA have been part and parcel to making sure that the salmon in the hatchery system…

I want to make just one other point here. Every single Federal appellate court has upheld a way to proceed in terms of looking at the impact of policies. What the gentleman offers is that if American baseball looks like it looked prior to…

OSTP is doing enormously important work on behalf of our country, and Congress also has an oversight role, and if the chairman of the Oversight Committee is having difficulty getting an answer to a question, I would be glad to try to help…

To establish justice, the Founders had embraced at the earliest moments the notion that access to our court system was a critically important, indispensable right of citizenship in our country. We had a Republican President, President…

This is extraordinarily important, and I want to share that I also am interested in seeing what we can do. Our support of these coastal communities is vitally important. Woods Hole and its work in your great State, and the work of NOAA…

Early one morning, I went over and visited the ATF and met with Todd Jones, the administrator, and met a large number of his critical leaders there at the agency. They are doing an extraordinary job under difficult circumstances. The…

I want the House to take note that we have increased this account already in last night's action, so this would be duplicative. Plus, it would take away funds from the agency that we were just referring to, that is Alcohol, Tobacco, and…

In rural areas, a lot of times, these challenges go without the same notice that they might bring in a large, metropolitan area. I think it is so useful that the gentleman has brought this matter to our attention, and I am glad that we…

I think we have resolved this, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Broun). The amendment was rejected.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from North Carolina will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Hudson

I reluctantly rise in direct opposition to the amendment, and I rise with mixed emotions. I am very pleased this is the last amendment. But, nonetheless, I am opposed to it--not in the main. That is to say, of course, none of the funds in…

I thought the gentleman would yield for a second. My question was that a large swath of our bill has not been authorized, including NASA, so we have to deal with transport back and forth to the International Space Station. Even though it…

I want to make a couple of points. One is that this requirement is in place now and has been in place, and it has not disrupted life. It has saved lives, however. This requirement does not actually apply to normal shotguns or to hunting…