Randy Weber

We are going back to stay.

The lack of planning evident so far, is no way to run our nation's human space exploration program.

I applaud the goal of returning to the surface of the Moon by 2024 because it provides needed urgency and focus.

While public-private partnerships have a role to play, their use in human spaceflight programs has not yet been demonstrated.

I would argue that this is about American exceptionalism.

America ought to be in the leadership, we ought to be developing that technology, and NASA can lead the way.

Innovation in advanced manufacturing is critical to America's continued international competitiveness and I will add national security as well.

the electricity required to drive those is really tremendous.

Count me as a supporter of that idea. Let's use the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for, who knew, harbor maintenance, you know?

Those 99 large Jones Act ships, they employ the majority of the mariners that I am going to need to man up those 61 Government sealift ships. Absent the Jones Act and the jobs that go with them, we are not taking those ships to war, we are…

So you are having that ongoing dialogue. I don't know if that means an annual meeting.

Today, we are going to hear from our panel of experts on the status of the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey, a champion for pro-life, Mr. Chris Smith. Madam Speaker, I am a father of three. I am a grandfather of eight. As I often say when I speak to groups that children are an extraordinary gift. As Mr…

George Herbert Walker Bush asked all of us to be light in this world, to be gracious, to be diligent, and to be honest. And then he led the way by example. His patriotism was innate. It was his guiding light, Mr. Speaker. And Barbara was…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 6398, the Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act. The DOE and VA national research program, housed within the agencies' Big Data Science…

I thank Chairman Smith for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 589, the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act. H.R. 589 provides policy direction to the Department of Energy on basic science research and…

To paraphrase JFK, we choose to take risks not because they're known or easy but because they're unknown and they're hard.

I think you're helping to continue to make America great again, always have.

With the immense potential for machine-learning technologies to answer fundamental scientific questions, provide the foundation for high-performance computing capabilities, and to drive future technological development, it's clear that we…

I'm looking forward to hearing what we can do in Congress to help guide and support the responsible development of these new data-driven approaches to the management of these evermore complex systems that our society is very dependent on.

This is great legislation. Again, I want to urge the adoption of this commonsense, bipartisan legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Texas…

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 23, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $35,000,000)(increased by $35,000,000)''…

I thank the gentleman, and I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. Chair, I withdraw my amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The amendment is withdrawn. Amendment No. 17 Offered by Ms. Esty of Connecticut The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to…

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 4, after line 10, insert the following (and renumber the subsequent paragraphs accordingly): (1) by…

With that in mind, from the gentleman from Louisiana, if we can work together on this in attempting to address this. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time, and I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment. The Acting CHAIR…