On the recordJuly 13, 2023
I know my good friend is from California so I have to restate things over and over again, but this prohibits the obligation of the preference--the preference--for sustainable building materials. It does not prohibit the use of these materials. They can be used. It just doesn't say that the government is going to put its thumb on the scale. By the way, all we are doing in this NDAA without this amendment is saying the taxpayers are going to bear the burden. You folks up there are going to bear the burden of seeing if this stuff works, how long it works, and how expensive it is. The railroads, yes, absolutely, because there wasn't a railroad. Nuclear energy did not exist without the government. That is a little different from things that already exist and things that already work. Mr. Chair, I urge adoption of this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
