Lamar Smith: “I look forward to helping you restrain the EPA's out-of-control regulatory agenda.”

I have further speakers, but I will yield to the ranking member if she has any speakers. I reserve the balance of my time.

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…

As I said yesterday, when government contractors make mistakes, typically no one is held accountable.

First of all, I would like to thank the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson) for those nice comments. And she is right, this was a very bipartisan effort and a very bipartisan bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the…