Lamar Smith: “I thank the gentleman for those nice comments. Mr. Speaker, I now yield to another Texas colleague, a member of the…”

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

With the Speaker's allowance and permission, we have another speaker on his way to the House floor who we expect to be here in another 30 seconds, so if I could talk slowly and go on for another 30 seconds, I think the gentleman from Texas…

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

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