Conor Lamb: “Bringing Members back into the discussion about how best to spend federal dollars in their district is long overdue and…”

I am prepared to close whenever the gentleman from Louisiana is prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

I would just note for my colleague's edification the strong role that the Federal Government and national lab system played in the very energy innovation that he was mentioning in his remarks. It was not done by the private sector alone…

When I watch the person who beat me give up on every important issue that he campaigned on ...

This isn`t just not an audit. It is an attack. This is an attack on our system and our democracy itself.