Eddie Bernice Johnson

This markup was noticed on Friday afternoon, well after most Members had left town.

This really is a bad bill that will ultimately result in bad science and sick people. I urge all of my colleagues to oppose it.

This bill has been referred to four additional House Committees, so I suspect it is going nowhere in a hurry.

The result is that Members are disenfranchised, and the work of this Committee suffers.

However, Chairman Smith changed the rules to allow weekend days to count toward the notice requirements.

This may be the least amount of notice I've ever received on a bill being marked up in the Science Committee.

This markup was noticed on Friday afternoon when we left on Thursday, well after most Members were out of town.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and good afternoon to everyone.

I support the adoption of this amendment.

Perhaps if we really wanted to help the veterans at the heart of this bill, we should have legislated with a little bit more care.

For that reason, I will not oppose the passage of this bill today.

I will not object to the passing of this legislation, but I want the record to reflect that we have a responsibility to do the work that we were sent here to do for the good of the people of the Nation.

In summary, my amendment is really a Science Committee do-your-job amendment, and I urge my colleagues to support it.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have an amendment at the desk.

The only discernible motivation for reversing course is that they just didn't want to endorse something Obama started.

I want to be clear. I strongly support efforts to establish a civilian space situational awareness capability.

I am very happy the Science Committee is taking the lead here in a cutting-edge field.

Let's have the Academies look at the issue and give us guidance on what civilian agency is best suited to shoulder this new responsibility.

This is no way to govern, and it wouldn't be the first time this Administration has acted that way.

I do not support our Committee rubberstamping the half-baked efforts of the Trump Administration to address the issue.

I strongly support efforts to establish a civilian space situational awareness capacity.

This bill really is a good example of what the Science Committee does best, and I look forward to its passage.

I'm very happy the Science Committee is taking the lead here in this cutting-edge field.

I appreciate the fact that you've introduced H.R. 6227, the National Quantum Initiative Act, on which I'm happy to be a cosponsor.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for holding today's markup of three important bills that support science and innovation at Department of Energy.