Bill Flores

we haven't always celebrated how the U.S. is leading in terms of emission reductions.

I am hopeful that we can still work together to find consensus on a bipartisan bill that can also pass the Senate and be sent to President Trump's desk for signature.

I am among the group that has strong concerns regarding the recent partisan bill that came out of the Homeland Security Committee.

Reauthorizing CFATS is important to me and to my district, which includes the community of West, Texas.

I want to start by thanking Mr. Upton for yielding his time to me. I rise in support of H.R. 1760, the Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability Act, a bill that I introduced with my friend, Mr. McNerney, from California. This bipartisan bill…

So we need to look, I think, more broadly, at nuclear. That is the reason we have the Advanced Nuclear Fuels Act to fuel the next generation of reactors that passed the House in the last Congress.

We are not going to produce baseload power, and I think it was, Mr. Cohen, you had the chart to show California's examples. We are not going to produce enough power on a cost-effective basis by using 100 percent renewables.

One of the things we don't celebrate is where the United States actually is--where we come from and the point we have achieved today, and we have done it through innovation and through focus on conservation, resiliency, and preparation.

I want to echo the comments of Ms. Dingell regarding the 5.9 gigahertz part of the spectrum.

It is unfortunate that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are unwilling to adequately fund ICE and CBP.

There is a value to work, and that paychecks can solve a lot of--paychecks and good jobs can solve a lot of issues.

It would probably make it less attractive to invest in the new technologies we need to have a zero emissions economy, right?

I believe the Yucca Mountain should go forward, and we should supplement that with another search.

If we don't solve the storage problem, we won't be able to deploy the new technologies that Mr. Long was talking about that are zero-based emissions technologies.

The sport of condemning each other when either side tries to touch the third rail of policy in this town.

We are going to have to hold hands and do this in a bipartisan manner.

I think the American people are rightly curious about what the Democratic House priorities are.

I want to say, Governor, there is one area where I totally agree with you. Well, let's say two areas...

I think we need to look at nuclear, Mr. Chairman. I haven't heard much about that in these conversations, and I hope that we do.

The challenge is is that every time we try to come up with a new solution that it creates an environmental problem and I think we need to be responsible when we do that.

I would like to drill into the allocation of the budget real quickly, if we could.

I would like to see rural America have just as much access to capital and technology as my constituents do that live in urban and suburban areas.

we are not following regular order with today's hearing.

And as a fellow Texan, and a former member of the oil and gas industry, I am pleased for my colleagues to hear your perceptions about our industry and to dispel some of the myths about our industry, and also to talk about the great…

It seems that we could and should do both, so we are creating the right environment where companies can have the confidence to invest in new jobs.