Lamar Smith

I believe we can get to an agreement with the Small Business Committee and bring this bill to the House floor.

First of all, I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma and the vice chairman of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee for yielding, and I thank both him and Mr. Bridenstine, another gentleman from Oklahoma and a member of the Science…

I thank the sponsors, Mr. Knight and Ms. Esty, for their work on promoting STEM opportunities for women.

This legislation, sponsored by Energy Subcommittee Vice Chairman Steve Knight and Rep. Dan Lipinski, authorizes funding from the DOE Office of Science budget.

I want to thank Chairman Babin for introducing this bill.

Mr. Perlmutter began moving the ball forward on space weather legislation in a constructive, bipartisan manner.

I support the legislation and recommend it to my colleagues.

Today's legislation, which I introduced with Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar, ensures sound science is the basis for EPA decisions and regulatory actions.

Thank you, Mr. Lipinski. A little advance advertisement by Mr. Perlmutter.

This legislation engages the services of NIST to help small businesses reduce their cybersecurity risks.

First of all, I want to thank the gentleman from California, Mr. Knight, for introducing this legislation.

If EPA's mandates are really based on sound science, then show Americans the data.

The TRANSFER Act helps American taxpayers see a greater return on their Federal R&D investments.

You may have heard about this new phenomenon called fake news. Fake news usually consists of false and made-up stories. Actually, it is not new and it has been around as long as there have been media. What is new is that a few liberal…

The national liberal media continue to promote a divided America. This is largely a result of their chosen candidate not winning the Presidential election. Since 91 percent of the media's coverage of President-elect Trump was negative, it…

I thank my colleague from Texas, the author of this bill, for yielding. I also want to say that Congressman Brian Babin is an excellent chairman of the Space Subcommittee of the full Science, Space, and Technology Committee. Mr. Speaker…

We need a new word for the dictionary, a new term for the merger of the liberal media and the Democratic Party. Obviously, the liberal media have no intention of treating President- elect Trump objectively or fairly. They want to continue…

Americans are frustrated because they know that many of the news stories they read are actually opinion pieces. If the facts do not fit the liberal world view, dissent is silenced, and the result is one-sided and often misleading. The Pew…

I again want to thank Representative Neugebauer for his service to Texas and to our country. We wish him the best in his well-deserved retirement. I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank the gentleman from Texas, particularly for bringing out an aspect of Randy Neugebauer's character that has not yet been mentioned tonight. And I might also add, and you know only too well, that he has been an active member of a…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to host today's Special Order in honor of my friend and colleague from Texas, Representative Randy Neugebauer. Representative Neugebauer is a consistent Conservative. In…

I thank the gentleman for those nice comments. Mr. Speaker, I now yield to another Texas colleague, a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Pete Olson.

I appreciate the gentleman's comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the chairman of the Agriculture Committee, another good Texan, .

I thank the chairman for his nice remarks this evening. I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert). And let me say to my friend Representative Gohmert that, we only have a total of 6 minutes left, and I do want to allow Mr…

I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin) for his comments. I now yield to another colleague from Texas, Roger Williams.