Tom Wolf

As chairman of the Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee, I am very sympathetic to the concerns raised by the gentleman from Texas. I understand that last year DOJ notified prospective FY11 SCAAP applicants of this coming change and…

The coal industry has shown over the past three decades that it can get better.

If you just say here is this big bar you have to reach and they can't reach it, they aren't even going to try to get there.

I think this proposal does preclude coal--new coal generation from happening.

To put out regulation that says every if is going to work out; therefore, let's do it this way is grasping.

We need to make regulations that inspire him to roll up his sleeves and find the next innovation that makes coal even cleaner.

We believe the rules proposed by the U.S. EPA and new sources will effectively shut down the future of new coal generation.

We suggest taking a long, deep breath, take a hard look at these new regulations and change them to allow new coal plants to be built.

I thank the gentleman for his interest in and advocacy for STEM education. I share his belief that STEM education must be a national priority, and I think the more we invest in it, it is very important for this country so the 21st century…

I have no objection to the amendment. I accept the amendment, and yield back the balance of my time.

I have no objection. I support the amendment. It's appropriate to reduce the Agency's representation funds in this austere fiscal environment. Last year, the House and Senate conference committee on the bill reduced every representation…

I thank the gentleman from Alaska. We will work with the other body to ensure that these programs are adequately funded.

We have a little concern, but we are going to accept the amendment with the idea we can work as we go to conference. We will accept the amendment.

I thank you, and with that I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes…

I want to thank the gentleman and the gentlelady for raising this issue and standing up. This was not done by our committee. This was done by the Justice Department, by the administration. But what we will do is next week we will ask the…

I think this amendment has been adopted on other bills. We accepted the amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel). The amendment was…

I want to thank the gentleman for speaking on this issue. Funding the weather satellites is a very high priority in this bill, as well as the data systems used to store and process data from the satellites. We will work with you and also…

I thank the gentleman for his comments and for his active support of STEM education in all forms. We'll be happy to work with the gentleman as we move forward to ensure that NSF and other Agencies in this bill are getting the most…

I want to thank both of you for your commitment to safety and mission success at NASA. This is an issue that they have been active on for a while now, and they have raised a number of significant questions. We will be happy to work with…

I thank the gentlelady from Guam for raising this important matter. We will work with the Senate to ensure that funding for these important programs, including coral research activities, is sufficiently maintained.

I reserve a point of order on the gentlelady's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.

This would be great news for the prisoners in prison because it would cut the prison system by $600 million and we'd have to let a lot of people out of prisons or we couldn't operate them. But I commend the gentleman. He's been very…

I think we should. I completely agree with you. And If there is any additional allocation and we can go, we will. But we're at the request, and I don't think that we can now devastate the ATF. But, yes, I completely agree with you. Adam…

I thank the gentleman for his support for Federal science Agencies and his advocacy for programs like this one, which ensure that taxpayer investment in research and development provides returns to the economy in the forms of jobs…

I support the amendment. I urge adoption, and yield back the balance of my time.