Lamar Smith

I thank Chairman Goodlatte for yielding. A couple of things. First of all, we have found in the past that the judiciary, of course, always opposes anyone else changing these rules except for themselves. That is no surprise, that they…

This particular rule of construction was a bipartisan effort led by Bobby Scott, a former member of the Judiciary Committee, to avoid the problem that you are concerned about, and that is that this bill in any way would seem to dampen or…

We have pushed the NSF to exert greater oversight controls of the construction project, which seemed to be plagued with problems.

The IG issued an alert memorandum this week that details further inappropriate expenditures by NEON discovered by the NSF.

Let me thank the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte) for bringing this legislation to the House floor. I appreciate all of his efforts to do so, and I appreciate his taking the initiative on this and on so many other issues as chairman…

The NSF, as well as its grantees and contractors, need to be held accountable for how they spend taxpayers' hard-earned dollars.

This morning's hearing will focus on one of the National Science Foundation's most ambitious major research facility projects...

I have no other requests from Members to speak on this piece of legislation, so I yield back the balance of my time.

This week, I am circulating a letter to my House colleagues that asks the Senate to drop the 60-vote requirement for consideration of the Iran deal. The American people sent us to Congress to represent their interests and to take actions…

First of all, I would like to thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Tonko), a member of the Science Committee, for his comments and for supporting this piece of legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the…

Why did the EPA ignore these obvious warnings?

This rule represents massive costs without significant benefits. In other words, it's all pain and no gain.

The Clean Air Act was never intended to regulate carbon.

I want to thank the gentleman from California, the chairman of the committee, for yielding me time and for the excellent job he has been doing tonight during the debate on this particular issue. Mr. Speaker, this week is a somber week for…

EPA asserts that the Clean Power Plan will help combat climate change. However, EPA's own data demonstrates that is false.

Higher energy prices means the price of everything will increase, and low-income families already struggling to make ends meet will be among those most burdened by this costly rule.

Over the last year, the Environmental Protection Agency has released some of the most expensive and burdensome regulations in its history.

The so-called Clean Power Plan is simply a power grab that will force states to try to reach arbitrary and often impossible targets for carbon emissions.

The same government agency that has proposed these rules recently caused an environmental disaster that has adversely impacted three states in the Mountain West.

The public deserves to know why the EPA continues to spend so much of their hard-earned dollars on costly and ineffective regulations.

The EPA must be held accountable for its actions that have harmed our communities.

the EPA can be assured that our oversight efforts will continue. The public deserves to know why the EPA continues to spend so much of their hard earned dollars on costly and ineffective regulations.

Had the EPA exercised the same care in making their decisions as an ordinary, prudent person, this whole incident could have been avoided.

This much we know about the Iran deal. It permits Iran to develop nuclear weapons in the future. It means $150 billion to Iran, some of which will be used to export terrorism, as President Obama has admitted. It allows Iran to buy weapons…

The EPA's negligence is especially inexcusable since there were known procedures that could have prevented the river's pollution.