Political Quotes

“I thank Chairwoman Johnson for this opportunity and for her bipartisan leadership of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology during this Congress. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4447 and the important bills from the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology that are included in this bill. I am proud to represent Houston, Texas, the energy capital of the world, and our country leads the world in energy production and innovation because of the work that we do in Houston. We innovate, we create, we research, and we power the world. H.R. 4447 will help ensure that we continue to do so with a meaningful increase in the Federal resources necessary to develop critical energy technologies that we will rely on in our energy mix into the next century. As the center of energy expertise and experience in the country, my constituents in Houston are well-positioned to utilize the financial support provided through this bill and to help chart the course for our energy future. I am particularly glad that to expand research and development of large-scale demonstration of carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies, this package includes legislation I helped lead with my friend from Fort Worth, Mr. Veasey, the Fossil Energy Research and Development Act. Critical work on carbon capture is going on right now in my district, and we have a real opportunity to reduce carbon emissions through these and other carbon capture efforts.…”