Matt Cartwright

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 Pennsylvania will be postponed. Amendment No. 45 Offered by Mr. Davidson The Acting CHAIR…

This body owes a duty to our warfighters, a duty to the taxpayers, and a duty to the civilian workforce. Allowing these flawed A-76 studies to move forward, it really is a breach to all three groups. I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. 10004. None of the funds…

I would like to associate myself with the remarks of the ranking member except for the part about baseball.

Is it the administration's belief that we don't need to know where carbon emissions are coming from?

To achieve this 9 percent reduction, which is hugely out of line with the cuts and the other part of the budget for NASA, to achieve this, funding for five Earth-observing missions is completely eliminated.

Although unfortunate it was not unexpected from an administration that denies climate change and denies that human activity has an effect on as the primary cause of climate change.

Well, if the implication is we are going to push it off on the states, states have a State climatologist who generally has a very limited budget.

Now, these have been around for more than 30 years, helping local communities on the ground work with National Centers for Environmental Information's data records and apply them to solving many real-world problems posed by climate change.

You can't leave the work to the scientists, but not give them the resources they need to do that work.

While the administration's general position on the cause of our changing climate flies in the face of science, we can agree that the Earth is warming and extreme weather events are occurring with more frequency.

I believe would unnecessarily and detrimentally inject politics into questions of what science projects should be funded.

NASA's unparalleled experience and expertise in developing new observational technologies and launching satellites makes it a crucial part of the Earth Science enterprise.

I am particularly concerned about the proposed cuts to NASA's climate science programs.

I believe if anything we need to expand the work of the EDA to help the communities that need it most.

The proposed fiscal year 2018 budget includes a 27.4 percent reduction for the Risk and Resilience Initiative overall.

We are concerned on this side of the aisle about our ability to get our questions answered under the current administration.

This is the first time in the history of the NSF that we are talking about reducing the budget, 11 percent lower than the previous year.

Have you analyzed the potential threat to DOD's manufacturing and readiness needs if you eliminated the program that allows DOD suppliers to be more productive, efficient, and innovative?

MEP centers need Federal support because they serve manufacturers that are too small to attract private sector investment.

I am proud to be the lead Democrat on a bill called the Reclaim Act... that would inject $1 billion to benefit those communities.

Unlike the vast majority of the private sector, the Federal Government has made it a priority to hire veterans by giving them a statutory preference in hiring.

I would be interested on your take on the matter. While the FBI operates as part of the Justice Department, of course, due to the nature of its work, it has historically been seen as relatively independent.

I want to invite your attention to the issue of notification to families of victims of crime, notifications of parole hearings.

Our tax dollars are hard-earned and scarce and that is why it is so important that we get a cost-efficient census and an accurate one.