Lamar Smith

I will simply say to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Foster) that I recognize and appreciate him. He is a smart, thoughtful, and well-motivated member of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, so I am really sorry he opposes this…

I have no other speakers on this side, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms…

This manager's amendment makes some changes to improve the underlying legislation. The amendment shifts $48 million in funding within the research and related activities account at the National Science Foundation. This is at the request of…

I have no other speakers at this time as well, so I will reserve the balance of my time.

I support the Rule on H.R. 2262, the Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 (the SPACE Act of 2015). And I thank Majority Leader McCarthy for sponsoring this important legislation. The space community…

The gentleman's amendment would remove key policy reforms to ARPA-E from the COMPETES bill and instead place limitations on the research and development conducted at ARPA-E. Federally funded research should include innovative technologies…

We have no other requests for time on this, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I have no other request for time, but I just want to thank the three original cosponsors we have on the floor tonight--Mr. Lucas, Mr. Bridenstine, and Ms. Bonamici--for sponsoring such an important piece of legislation. I reserve the…

I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Lucas), who is the vice chairman of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, and the sponsor of this legislation.

I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on H.R. 1561, the bill now under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…

I want to first thank the gentlewoman from Oregon for her work on this bill. She has been a strong advocate and an initiator on the benefits that this bill does promote. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman…

I want to thank the gentleman from Virginia for reminding me that Stephen Austin and Samuel Houston were born in Virginia, and I have to confess, I have a number of ancestors who came from Virginia as well, and I am told one of them may…

Really quickly, I want to thank Mrs. Comstock for introducing this bill and Mr. Lipinski for cosponsoring it. As well, it is a great bipartisan piece of legislation, and I urge my colleagues to support it. I yield back the balance of my…

I thank the gentleman from Washington for yielding me time, and who is a former member of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee himself. H.R. 1806, the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015, is a pro-science, fiscally…

I just was going to say I concur and agree to yield to the gentleman from Illinois as well.

I have no more speakers on this side, so I am prepared to yield back the balance of my time after the gentleman from Illinois.

I thank my friend from Alabama for yielding, and I support his amendment. The House already has voted against the President's executive amnesty several times. The language this amendment seeks to strike would legitimize the President's…

I am confident we will get there--and perhaps far sooner than many realize.

Nuclear energy provides reliable zero emission power.

I certainly support an 'all of the above' approach toward a clean energy economy.

Battery storage is the next frontier in energy research and development.

I asked him what was the single most important thing we could do to help consumers with energy, and he replied, develop a better battery.

I think that is significant as well.

I think we all know that. Somebody else has already mentioned that this is the first hearing on this important subject in 10 years.

I think to allow the birth citizenship--by the way, I don't think we ought to say birthright. I don't think it's a right. It think it's just automatic birth citizenship. I think it defies logic and defies common sense.