Lamar Smith: “I believe we need to focus on the science and not the politics.”

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

I thank Chairman Shuster for yielding, and I congratulate him on successfully advancing a 5-year FAA reauthorization. H.R. 302 includes the Science Committee's research and development title, the FLIGHT R&D Act. Title 7 includes our…

Let me thank the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte), for all that he has done to advance immigration reform during this Congress. I do support H.R. 4760, Securing America's Future Act. This…

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