I am very concerned about the recent accounts of American hospitals and doctors' offices being the victim of ransomware and other cybersecurity attacks.

Fortunately, Congress acted to lock in that priority.

I am very excited that we have gotten this process started again.

I represent a district in east Tennessee, so I am very intrigued and interested in what you are talking about, the water in the West.

My concern is that once again the President has not put the Chickamauga Lock, new Chick, in the budget.

Bottom line, new Chick needs to be built, constructed, and funded.

We need to address this aging infrastructure, and we need to take it on as a Nation.

I do not mean to be rhetorical but it is the Chickamauga Lock, the new Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga.

The subcommittee has long been interested in getting the agencies to plan for more than just 1 year at a time.

These problems have removed incentives for the many Department of Energy program offices to work together in an integrated way.

In your consideration of SMR license applications, are there lessons to be learned from the recent licensing of Watts Bar 2...

As chairman of the House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus stakeholders and contractors have complained to me of the distrust that is created when the Department fails to follow through on its commitments.

Mr. Fleischmann. Thank you so much. Mr. Kotek, the small modular reactor program will help promote our leadership in the use of nuclear power worldwide and represent significant investment in first of a kind engineering for small modular…

The scientific user facility supported by the Department of Energy, Office of Science, provides some of the most unique, powerful, cutting-edge tools to over 30,000 university, industry, and government scientists from all over the country.

Madam Secretary, thank you for your hard work on this issue, and I appreciate the very good news on the land transfers.

I came to Congress, and some very creative people came to see me. We get a lot of visits up here in Congress. Folks from all over the country come to see us. I got a knock at the door one day, and there were some songwriters. They were…

I thank my colleague, Mr. Collins from the great State of Georgia--our sister State right to the south of us. Mr. Speaker, I represent the great State of Tennessee, as the gentleman alluded to--the great city of Chattanooga and the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of subtitle D of title I of division A the following new section: SEC. 1431. USE OF DURABLE…

I want to thank my colleague. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Fleischmann). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Gibbs The…

Last Thursday was a very difficult day in my beautiful hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was a day of horror; it was a day of terror, and it was a day like no other I have lived in my life. Today, I am joined in this great House by my…

I would like to thank the Appropriations Committee and the chairman for acting to impose greater discipline on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. We know that the future of nuclear power in the United States depends on having a credible…

Chattanooga, Tennessee, the great State of Tennessee, and our Nation lost a wonderful man last Friday. Scotty Probasco, my dear friend, passed away suddenly. All of this week, we have had memorials, tributes, eulogies--all justly deserved…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And good morning, everyone. It is great to be with you all.

It is important to maintain that close working relationship.

I do want, for the record to say I am the chairman now of the nuclear clean up caucus and I cherish that position.