Let me thank Mr. Holt and Mr. Hastings and the Rules Committee for admitting this amendment. Mr. Chairman, we could all engage in discussions about our commitment to a national energy policy. I would venture to say that we would not find…

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 15, beginning at line 4, strike section 1147. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 419, the…

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 9, line 9, strike the closing quotation marks and the following period, and after line 9 insert the…

I take issue with my good friend from Washington State. This bill has a $5,000 documentation fee on the stage of protest and petition. Obviously, our good friends on the industry side don't even pay anything to nominate land, but it is a…

There are a number of other amendments that I offered to H.R. 2728. One would have made it clear that the deference accorded to State law under section 44 of the bill applied only to fracking operations conducted on State lands but not to…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Lowenthal The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I thank the gentleman very much. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman is correct that none of the dialogue that we just heard is mutually exclusive from creating jobs, from providing a growing economy, having a sustainable environment, and maybe…

Let me be very clear that the awards under the EAJA are not available for any and every case. Only when the plaintiff prevails. Is that not fair? When an individual, a nonprofit, who has sought to even the playing field, who wants to make…

Today there was a memorial in Washington in honor of a great public servant, Gerardo I. Hernandez, the first transportation security officer to be killed in the line of duty. It is with great sorrow that I offer my deepest sympathy to his…

I thank the distinguished gentleman. Today, Mr. Speaker, I rise to save lives and to ensure that the Affordable Care Act does what it was intended to do and what it is already doing: lifting the lifetime caps, providing preventative care…

I thank the gentleman for his courtesy. This is what we lived in preceding the Affordable Care Act: 18 percent of the underinsured postponed getting care or treatment, and some of those people died; 15 percent of the uninsured had problems…

One of my colleagues this morning talked about creating jobs, and I am delighted to be one of those who saw and advocated in the Affordable Care Act the expansion of service and use on behalf of the American people. First, as a woman, let…