I want the record to be absolutely clear that I think BP is responsible for this accident.

I do not want to live in a country where any time a citizen or a corporation does something that is legitimately wrong is subject to some sort of political pressure that is -- again, in my words, amounts to a shakedown.

I appreciate the ranking member's yielding additional time. The GRID Act would shield both our bulk power system and the infrastructure serving critical defense facilities. The legislation authorizes the President to address imminent grid…

Mr. Speaker, I want to compliment Chairman Markey for referring to Mr. Upton as ``Chairman Upton.'' That may be a foreteller of things to come, and we appreciate his prescience in acknowledging that possibility. Mr. Speaker, I do rise in…

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 2 offered by Mr. Barton of Texas: Page 64, lines 19 through 25, strike subsection (g)…

I thank my friend from Dallas. It embarrasses me when my colleague from Vermont says nice things about me, since I'm opposing this bill. I will say before I list some of my concerns that there was a lot of input asked for and received by…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. (Mr. BARTON of Texas asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Madam Chair, the bill before us today is not a bad piece of legislation. Mr. Ehlers, for example, of Michigan is one of the Republican cosponsors of it. Mr. Welch of Vermont has sought assistance across the aisle. Mr. Markey, Mr. Waxman…

We do oppose the manager's amendment, Madam Chair. It is a good-faith attempt to try to perfect some of the anomalies within it. It's fairly long-winded. It's fairly complicated, because when the government starts to intervene in the…

I have no further speakers on this amendment. I request a ``no'' vote. I yield back the balance of my time.

Madam Chair, this amendment is fairly straightforward. It would strike section 111(g), which provides that funds repaid by eligible participants may be used to provide loans to additional participants under the Home Star Energy Efficiency…