Lamar Smith: “Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.”

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.

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…

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

It is not easy to summarize 32 years in Congress, but I will try. Politics comes from the Greek word ``polites,'' meaning citizens, and they are the source of our country's strength. What I remember most, what was especially meaningful…