Lamar Smith: “I encourage my colleagues to support this bill.”

First of all, let me thank the chairman of the Energy Subcommittee, Mr. Weber, the gentleman from Texas, for yielding. I strongly support this bill, H.R. 5905, the Department of Energy Science and Innovation Act of 2018. This bipartisan…

First of all, let me thank the gentleman from South Carolina, Congressman Ralph Norman, for yielding me this time to speak in support of his bill, H.R. 6398, the Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act. I also want to say, I…

The research done at Department of Energy national laboratories is vital to increasing the fossil fuels' efficiency and reducing environmental impacts.

It is not easy to summarize 32 years in Congress, but I will try. Politics comes from the Greek word ``polites,'' meaning citizens, and they are the source of our country's strength. What I remember most, what was especially meaningful…