Lamar Smith

I went into COP-21 with the expectation that maybe 60, maybe 70, maybe 50 countries would put forth INDCs...

I don't see a government role in helping companies do things that there's already a commercial motivation to move forward on.

If you're an emitter, you can emit as much CO2 as you want to and you don't get charged for doing that.

Well, thank you for the question. So we're the technical organization. You know, we do research and development.

the function of our office is to make sure that we are moving forward and deploying technologies that will be necessary for the clean energy economy of the future.

DOE should expand access to America's oil and gas resources, not use limited research dollars to help the EPA measure emissions.

On April 29, 2016, I was unable to vote on H.R. 4901, the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act. I would have voted in support of final passage of H.R. 4901, rollcall No. 179, had I been present.

I do think that Pebble Mine is entitled to fair process and an objective evaluation, which they had not yet received.

It is not the decision of activist EPA employees to decide to circumvent the processes established in the Clean Water Act.

I do feel that the process has been subverted and that Pebble Mine has not gotten their day in court.

The Obama administration recently released a report that tried to tie extreme weather events to climate change. This is the administration's latest effort to scare the public into supporting its radical climate agenda. The report ignores…

I also want to point out that Mr. North's personal emails that he used to conduct business all disappeared, which is suspicious to a lot of us.

This would be contrary to the rule of law and the principles of scientific analysis.

Yesterday the State of Texas argued before the Supreme Court that the President's executive amnesty violates Federal immigration laws and the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution. The Constitution is clear: Congress has the…

I hope it happens sooner rather than later.

And, quite frankly, all this makes me wonder if President Obama might be an accessory to the crimes committed by illegal immigrants, since he intentionally implemented policies that he knows are going to result in the murder and loss of…

In fact, when you look at the statistics, just looking at murders, for example, illegal immigrants comprise about 3 percent of our population but commit roughly 30 percent of the murders.

A recent study shows the immigrant population, both legal and illegal, has grown to record levels, now surpassing 15 percent in one-third of the States. And in six States-- California, Florida, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, and Texas--the…

Americans know that liberal media bias is a major problem in our country. A recent Rasmussen poll found that Americans believe media bias is a bigger problem in politics than large campaign contributions. It also found that a large…

I support H.R. 4742, the Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act. I thank my Science Committee colleagues Ms. Esty, who authored the bill, and Research and Technology Subcommittee Chairwoman Comstock for their initiative on this issue…

In my home state of Texas, the EPA's regional haze imposition would affect 14 power plans and cost more than two billion dollars.

Congress clearly intended, through the Clean Air Act, that individual states be responsible and in charge of the program, not the federal government.

Unfortunately, the EPA is again attempting to unnecessarily and unlawfully regulate the lives of the American people.

The EPA's regulatory overreach will cost billions of dollars, cause financial hardship for American families, and diminish the competitiveness of American employers.

We cannot allow a federal agency to assume power that Congress has not given it.