Lamar Smith: “I believe programs like these can be an important part of the innovation ecosystem and I look forward to an update on…”

The Science Committee has held a number of hearings on the regulatory overreach of the previous Administration's Environmental Protection Agency.

I thank the gentleman from California for his comments and also for his initiatives on the subject of energy in so many ways. Several other bills that we are considering are a result of that initiative. Mr. Speaker, I have no other…

Energy produced from fossil fuel is abundant, affordable and vital to America's security and competitiveness.

I thank my friend and colleague from Texas, Roger Williams, for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, I would like to commemorate the life and public service of our 41st President, George Herbert Walker Bush. President Bush was simply one of the…