Lamar Smith: “There is no way that this is what Congress intended.”

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…

With clear Congressional direction, strong White House leadership, and NASA's tremendous expertise, we have all the resources available to make significant progress in human space exploration.

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…

While research on carbon capture, storage, and sequestration technologies remains a priority, there is also potential to research ways to use carbon as an energy resource.