I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 58, after line 22, insert the following new subparagraph: (C) Additional report.--The Secretary of…

I am pleased to offer an amendment that would require the Department of Energy to submit a report to Congress related to carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration, known as CCUS technologies. This report would explore the potential…

Since the passage of the American SAFE Act, the constituents that I serve have reached out to me through phone calls, email, and social media to voice their concerns. I want to be clear that I did not view the SAFE Act as a vote against…

I appreciate that. And I had a question for Mr. Glauthier and Dr. Cohon about the report about the National Laboratories.

Absolutely. When I graduated from college, paying back my student loans was very, very difficult. And I will tell you that one of the things that I lucked into when I was still in my twenties was that I became a congressional aide. I…

Yes. I have absolutely heard so many stories like that. And it is really interesting. I think, when we are all in our twenties, we never think that we are going to get older. I have been working in politics now since I have been in my…

Congressman Swalwell, thank you very much. I really appreciate your leadership on Future Forum and bringing up important issues like student debt. It is a real issue that so many of our young people struggle with when they graduate from…

While I voted ``no'' on rollcall vote 532, I intended to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 1735, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016. ____________________

I thank the Congresswoman from the 30th District, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson, for her very kind words about Speaker Wright. He was very fond of you and appreciated your leadership in an area that he excelled in, which was transportation. I…

I want to thank the gentlewoman from Houston, Sheila Jackson Lee, for sharing so many great stories and fond memories of Speaker Jim Wright. I would like to add a few words of my own. Jim Wright was very influential to me. When I was…

Mr. Hoyer, I thank you very much. I appreciate those very kind words about Speaker Wright, and everyone in Fort Worth and the metroplex will appreciate those kind words as well. I also would like to recognize Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi…

Leader Pelosi, I appreciate those kind words about Speaker Wright, and I know that his family will appreciate everything that you have to share. Thank you so much. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California.